Related Clues:

• Steered clear of
• Evaded
• Barely beaten
• Beat barely
• Won by a nose
• Didn't go through
• Trimmed the lawn
• Gave a wide berth to
• Two- -- sword
• Used a weed whacker, perhaps
• Eluded
• Shunned
• Slipped past
• Moved laterally
• Bypassed