dodge a bullet en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
- /dɔd͡ʒ ə ˈbʊl.ɪt/ (General-American)
Meanings
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(idiomatic, informal) To have a narrow escape; to avoid injury, disaster, or some other undesirable situation.
By finding and fixing my aneurysm before it ruptured, I had miraculously dodged a bullet.
2013 October 4, Tony Nitti, “Switching Gears”, in Forbes, retrieved 06 Mar 2014:"We have all these thousands of bill payers trying to dodge a bullet, trying to shift costs and pay less."
1989 December 7, Milt Freudenheim, “Scramble on Health-Care Costs”, in New York Times, retrieved 06 Mar 2014: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.
2010 November 8, Jessica Desvarieux, “A Storm Averted, Haiti's Cholera Threat Grows”, in Time, retrieved 06 Mar 2014:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| dodged a bullet | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| dodged a bullet | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| dodging a bullet | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| dodges a bullet | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Translations (10)
cmn 逃過一劫 /逃过一劫 (have a narrow escape) · es librarse de una buena (have a narrow escape) · fi väistää luoti (have a narrow escape) · pt escapar de uma fria (have a narrow escape) · de gerade nochmal davonkommen (have a narrow escape) · pt sair de uma furada (have a narrow escape) · fi selvitä säikähdyksellä (have a narrow escape) · sv komma billigt undan (have a narrow escape) · ca escapar-se d'una bona (have a narrow escape) · fr l’échapper belle (have a narrow escape)