Meaning & use
Houdini
An impressively skillful or seemingly impossible escape from a difficult or confining situation.
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Trapped by traffic on all sides, the cyclist pulled a Houdini through a narrow alley.
The team pulled off a Houdini in the final minute to steal the win.
A note on using this word
The word comes from Harry Houdini, the famous escape artist, and is almost always used in the phrase "pull a Houdini."
Words with a similar meaning
escapegetaway
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