a narrow escape

a situation in which you were lucky because you just managed to avoid danger or trouble He only just got out of the vehicle before the whole thing blew up. It was a narrow escape.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Jacobo	hah-KO-bo	Spanish
Betsy	['betsi]
Alden	['ɔ:ldən]
Pari	-	Persian
Alexus	ə-LEK-səs	English (Modern)
Thucydides	thoo-SID-ə-deez (English)	Ancient Greek (Latinized)