Definition
To have a narrow escape; to avoid injury, disaster, or some other undesirable situation.
In Context
- ""We have all these thousands of bill payers trying to dodge a bullet, trying to shift costs and pay less.""
- "Haiti dodged a bullet when Tropical Storm Tomas, once a hurricane, did minimal damage to the country's earthquake-ravaged capital of Port-au-Prince."
- "By finding and fixing my aneurysm before it ruptured, I had miraculously dodged a bullet."