narrow squeak
English edit
Noun edit
narrow squeak (plural narrow squeaks)
- (informal) A narrow escape; a close shave.
- 1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 142:
- "My word," he said, breathlessly, "but that was a narrow squeak."
Translations edit
close shave — see close shave
See also edit
- squeaker (A game or election won by a narrow margin.)