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Definition of dodging a bullet
dodge a bullet
verb
- to nearly avoid a bad event.
Citation from "Spring Breakout", Arrested Development (TV, 2005), Season 2 Episode 17 censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.
Citation from "Identity", Wilfred (US TV), Season 1 Episode 13 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.Last edited on Oct 26 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Jan 09 2010.
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| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
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| Definitions include: sexual activity. | |
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| Definitions include: a little crazy | |
| Definitions include: an unspecified small number. | |
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| Definitions include: very common. | |
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| Definitions include: to collide with a tree. | |
| Definitions include: an ugly face. | |
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| Definitions include: to stoically endure something unpleasant. | |
| Definitions include: a type of cocaine paraphernalia. | |
| Definitions include: something very good, excellent; "cool". | |
| Definitions include: an effect in visual media such as movies and video games in which playback is slowed or paused while the camera moves around a moving object such as a bullet. | |
| Definitions include: semen. | |
| Definitions include: bullets coated with Teflon to penetrate bullet-proof armor. | |
| Definitions include: the anus. | |
| Definitions include: the ultimate fix for a problem. | |
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| Definitions include: Commonly abbreviated form of dodgy, meaning of a dangerous nature. | |
| Definitions include: a Jewish person. Derogatory | |
| Definitions include: anyone that appears obese. | |
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