den Tod überlisten

to outwit/cheat death

Türkçe: ölümü atlatmak

Noun

Tod m.

Verb

überlisten

Topic

Körper und Gesundheit

In a sentence

Der Held überlistet den Tod im gefährlichen Labyrinth.

How it is used

Means 'to outwit/cheat death' through cleverness or luck. Figurative/colloquial register, used in stories or survival contexts. A friend might say 'Er hat den Tod überlistet' after a narrow escape. Not literal; implies cleverness.

Other verbs that go with Tod

This is the choice the collocation turns on.

• den Tod erleidento suffer death
• dem Tod entgehento escape death/destruction
• zum Tod(e) führento lead to/result in death
• den Tod findento meet one's death

All collocations with Tod