A barely successful flight from or avoidance of danger or trouble, as in He had a narrow escape, since the bullet came within inches of his head. This expression uses narrow in the sense of "barely sufficient." [Late 1500s] For a newer synonym, see close call.

How do you use narrow escape in a sentence?

(1) He had a narrow escape from gunfire. (2) We got out in time but it was a narrow escape. (3) A woman had a narrow escape yesterday when her car left the road. (4) He had a narrow escape when his car skidded on the ice.

Is a narrow escape an idiom?

Meaning: If you have a narrow escape, you survive a dangerous situation, but only just. For example: He had a narrow escape when he fell off his motorbike.