Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cheat death

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.04 in modern English

Syllables: cheat death
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To survive a situation which would be expected to result in death.

Example Sentences

"From Olar, Han Shepard, They say you're alive. That you cheated death. That sending you this isn't just a pointless exercise as part of my therapy. They say a lot of things."
"The Greenville resident, and the other remaining survivors of World War II, have cheated death twice, escaping with their lives in a deadliest military conflict in history and then outliving their life expectancy to enjoy the fruits of their service."
"A Holocaust survivor who cheated death in eight Nazi concentration camps during World War Two has recalled his experiences, 70 years since the liberation of Auschwitz."
"Having cheated death twice, Okehampton's successful revival was recognised at RAIL's National Rail Awards in September, with victory in the Small Station of the Year category."

Etymology

Compare French trompe-la-mort.

Inflected Forms

cheats death (present, singular) cheating death (participle, present) cheated death (participle, past) cheated death (past)

Synonyms

cheat fate

Questions

What does cheat death mean?: To survive a situation which would be expected to result in death.
Where does cheat death come from?: Compare French trompe-la-mort.

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