"cheat death" meaning in All languages combined

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        "1": "fr",
        "2": "trompe-la-mort"
      },
      "expansion": "French trompe-la-mort",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare French trompe-la-mort.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cheats death",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cheating death",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cheated death",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cheated death",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "cheat death (third-person singular simple present cheats death, present participle cheating death, simple past and past participle cheated death)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "ref": "2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Therapy",
          "text": "From Olar, Han\nShepard,\nThey 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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Ron Barnett, “World War II vets who cheated death twice honor their fallen brothers”, in The Greenville News, retrieved 2019-08-11",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015 October 5, Tom Mullen, “Surviving eight Nazi death camps”, in BBC News, retrieved 2019-08-11",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 November 15, Nick Brodrick, “Okehampton's rejuvenated station is 'ACE'”, in RAIL, number 996, page 50",
          "text": "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.",
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        }
      ],
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        "To survive a situation which would be expected to result in death."
      ],
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cheat fate"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "aan de dood ontsnappen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "huijata kuolemaa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "frôler la mort"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "oszukiwać śmierć"
        },
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "oszukać śmierć"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cheat death"
}

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        "2": "trompe-la-mort"
      },
      "expansion": "French trompe-la-mort",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare French trompe-la-mort.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cheats death",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cheating death",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cheated death",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cheated death",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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          "ref": "2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Therapy",
          "text": "From Olar, Han\nShepard,\nThey 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.",
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        },
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          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015 October 5, Tom Mullen, “Surviving eight Nazi death camps”, in BBC News, retrieved 2019-08-11",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 November 15, Nick Brodrick, “Okehampton's rejuvenated station is 'ACE'”, in RAIL, number 996, page 50",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "To survive a situation which would be expected to result in death."
      ],
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        }
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  ],
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "aan de dood ontsnappen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "huijata kuolemaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "frôler la mort"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "oszukiwać śmierć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "oszukać śmierć"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cheat death"
}