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Meaning of dodge a bullet | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1
dɔd͡ʒ ə ˈbʊl.ɪt

Definitions

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

idiomatic, informal

Equivalents

Deutsch gerade nochmal davonkommen
Español librarse de una buena
Suomi selvitä säikähdyksellä väistää luoti
Français l’échapper belle
Português escapar de uma fria sair de uma furada
Türkçe ucuz atlatmak

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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

dodge the column dodge up dodged dodged a bullet dodged the column dodged up

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