Meaning of dodge a bullet | Babel Free

Definitions

To have a narrow escape; to avoid injury, disaster, or some other undesirable situation.

idiomatic, informal

Equivalents

Examples

“"We have all these thousands of bill payers trying to dodge a bullet, trying to shift costs and pay less."”

“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.”

“By finding and fixing my aneurysm before it ruptured, I had miraculously dodged a bullet.”

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