jaws of death in English

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        "A very narrowly avoided, or close to, fatal situation."
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        "(poetic, figuratively, cliche) A very narrowly avoided, or close to, fatal situation."
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          "word": "gates of death"
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          "word": "gates of Hell"
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        {
          "alt": "死地",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "saji",
          "sense": "A narrowly avoided fatal situation",
          "word": "사지"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "A narrowly avoided fatal situation",
          "word": "waha o te parata"
        }
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  "word": "jaws of death"
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      "alt": "死地",
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      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "saji",
      "sense": "A narrowly avoided fatal situation",
      "word": "사지"
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      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "A narrowly avoided fatal situation",
      "word": "waha o te parata"
    }
  ],
  "word": "jaws of death"
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"jaws of death" meaning in English

Noun