Sentence examples for dodged a bullet from inspiring English sources

"dodged a bullet" is a common idiom in written English.
It means to narrowly avoid or escape a difficult or dangerous situation. For example: "He dodged a bullet when the company he applied to went out of business before they could reject his job application."

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I had dodged a bullet.

"Then we realized we dodged a bullet".

"I dodged a bullet there".

Murray dodged a bullet there.

Maybe we've dodged a bullet there.

In short, though, Trump dodged a bullet.

Make no mistake, we dodged a bullet.

The country has dodged a bullet.

"In reality, Southampton dodged a bullet".

"Merck temporarily dodged a bullet," he said.

"I dodged a bullet in '96.

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