C2 死里逃生
a situation in which you avoid danger although you very nearly do not
We got out in time but it was a narrow escape. 我们险些未能及时逃脱。
There were several narrow escapes from drowning, but somehow each time he survived.
He had a very narrow escape from death when his aircraft came down in a storm.
She had a narrow escape yesterday when the coach that she'd been travelling in careered off the road and ended up upside down in a ditch.
See also: narrow adjective (ONLY JUST)