narrow squeak

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

narrow squeak (plural narrow squeaks)

  1. (informal) A narrow escape; a close shave.
    • 1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 142:
      "My word," he said, breathlessly, "but that was a narrow squeak."

Translations[edit]

close shave — see close shave

See also[edit]

  • squeaker (A game or election won by a narrow margin.)
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