Wiktionary
narrow squeak
n. (context informal English) A narrow escape; a close shave.
Usage examples of "narrow squeak".
More like a volcano he was than a man who has had a narrow squeak from drowning, and before we had gone a dozen feet more he again turned and declared he would “.
Yet on crossing a field towards a group of houses he had a narrow squeak.
After his narrow squeak with the Polity Science Directorate at the last Concilium session, the only way he'll be able to continue his research is with the backing of the Rebel bloc.
She had a narrow squeak - so did we all - which I'll tell you about in a moment.