Meaning

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

    dem Tod von der Schippe springen

Examples

4 sentences
  1. Through pleasure we must cheat death.

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  2. He cheated death many times on the battlefield.

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  3. I didn't cheat death, but beat it fair and square.

    ruЯ не обманул смерть, но победил её в честном бою.

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  4. Yanni cheated death.

    ruЯнни чудом избежал смерти.

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Translations

3 languages
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Origin

Compare French trompe-la-mort.

Compare French trompe-la-mort.

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Forms

cheats death, cheating death, cheated death, cheated death
Base formcheat death · to cheat death
3rd person singularcheats death
Present participlecheating death
Past simplecheated death
Past participlecheated death

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycheat death
he, she, itcheats death

Past simpleLesson

all personscheated death

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave cheated death
he, she, ithas cheated death

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cheat death

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

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