dodge a bullet

Idioms In English

What Does “dodge a bullet” mean?

Definition:

To manage to avoid a difficult or undesirable situation.

Example(s)

The President appears to have dodged a bullet in the investigation.
Anne dodged a bullet with the closing of the investigation, but her troubles aren’t over.
He is out of trouble now, but it is too early to talk about dodging a bullet.

This idiom is in the war category.
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