escape+from+danger
111close shave — noun something achieved (or escaped) by a narrow margin • Syn: ↑close call, ↑squeak, ↑squeaker, ↑narrow escape • Hypernyms: ↑accomplishment, ↑achievement * * * close shave, Informal. a …
112Human vestigiality — In the context of human evolution, human vestigiality involves those characters (such as organs or behaviors) occurring in the human species that are considered vestigial in other words having lost all or most of their original function through… …
113Michael Power (advertisement) — Michael Power in Critical Assignment, 2003 Michael Power is an advertising character, the cornerstone of a large marketing campaign by the beer company Guinness to promote its products in Africa from 1999 to 2006. The character was played by… …
114Brer Rabbit — Brer Rab|bit the main character in the children s stories by Joel Chandler Harris. Brer Rabbit is a clever rabbit from the South of the US, who always manages to escape from danger or from being caught, usually by running into a brier patch… …
115Lupus — • Abbot of Ferrieres, French Benedictine writer, b. in the Diocese of Sens, about 805; d. about 862 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Lupus Lupus …
116flee — [fli:] v past tense and past participle fled [fled] [I and T] written [: Old English; Origin: flean] to leave somewhere very quickly, in order to escape from danger ▪ His attackers turned and fled. ▪ Masaari spent six months in prison before… …
117flee past tense and past participle fled — verb (I, T) to leave somewhere very quickly in order to escape from danger: When they saw the police car, his attackers turned and fled. | flee the country/city: We were forced to flee the country. (+ from/to/into): The Dalai Lama fled to India… …
118Surprising — Sur*pris ing, a. Exciting surprise; extraordinary; of a nature to excite wonder and astonishment; as, surprising bravery; a surprising escape from danger. {Sur*pris ing*ly}, adv. {Sur*pris ing*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] Syn: Wonderful;… …
119Surprisingly — Surprising Sur*pris ing, a. Exciting surprise; extraordinary; of a nature to excite wonder and astonishment; as, surprising bravery; a surprising escape from danger. {Sur*pris ing*ly}, adv. {Sur*pris ing*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] Syn: Wonderful;… …
120Surprisingness — Surprising Sur*pris ing, a. Exciting surprise; extraordinary; of a nature to excite wonder and astonishment; as, surprising bravery; a surprising escape from danger. {Sur*pris ing*ly}, adv. {Sur*pris ing*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] Syn: Wonderful;… …
