to come within an ace of …
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to be within an ace of …
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to be saved from wreck
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to break free from an influence
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to straddle an issue
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to rid oneself of an employee
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to outgrow a prejudice
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to get away early from a reception
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to get rid of a responsibility
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to iron something out
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to contract oneself out of an obligation
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to contract oneself out of an obligation
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to throw off a burden
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to disencumber oneself of a load
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to rid oneself of an obligation
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to do away with someone
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to give someone the slip
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to miss doing something
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to see the last of something
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to get out of something
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to come through something
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to come out of something
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to work something off
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to do away with something
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to come through something
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to get quit of one's debts
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to free oneself from debt
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to walk away without a scratch
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to get off with a fine
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to outrun punishment
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to escape punishment
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to emerge from poverty
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to be saved from shipwreck
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to cease to be under disability
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to wriggle oneself out of a difficulty
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to get out of difficulties
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to discharge an attachment
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to cheat the gallows
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to cast off the fetters of business
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to wring out wet clothes
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to run for one's life
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to walk away from sb
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to escape death by a fraction of an inch
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to escape death by a narrow margin
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to work off a complex
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to cast aside your fears
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to shake off a bad habit
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to get out of one's financial difficulties
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to pull the chestnuts out of the fire
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to escape death by narrow margin
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to narrowly escape death
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to be let off with a fine
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to get off with a fine
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to be let off with a fine
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to get rid of one's money
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to recover from the effects of a war
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to throw off a troublesome acquaintance
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to get out of a tight hole
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to be exonerated from liability
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to contract oneself out of obligations
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to contract oneself out of obligation
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to be clear of suspicion
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to cast aside your doubts
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to lighten the commitments
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to free oneself from one's commitments
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to throw off one's pursuers
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to escape from earth
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to save oneself trouble
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to get off without a loss
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to cut the gordian knot
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to cut the gordian knot
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to whip the devil round the stump
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to seek relief from one's responsibility
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