dodge a bullet
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English
editPronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /dɔd͡ʒ ə ˈbʊl.ɪt/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Verb
editdodge a bullet (third-person singular simple present dodges a bullet, present participle dodging a bullet, simple past and past participle dodged a bullet)
- (idiomatic, informal) To have a narrow escape; to avoid injury, disaster, or some other undesirable situation.
- 1989 December 7, Milt Freudenheim, “Scramble on Health-Care Costs”, in New York Times, retrieved 6 March 2014:
- "We have all these thousands of bill payers trying to dodge a bullet, trying to shift costs and pay less."
- 2010 November 8, Jessica Desvarieux, “A Storm Averted, Haiti's Cholera Threat Grows”, in Time, retrieved 6 March 2014:
- Haiti dodged a bullet when Tropical Storm Tomas, once a hurricane, did minimal damage to the country's earthquake-ravaged capital of Port-au-Prince.
- 2013 October 4, Tony Nitti, “Switching Gears”, in Forbes, retrieved 6 March 2014:
- By finding and fixing my aneurysm before it ruptured, I had miraculously dodged a bullet.
Translations
edithave a narrow escape
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