1. (noun) narrow escape, bare escape, close shave - sometimes as one word, i.e. orapito.
Ahakoa i tata te mate, kāore i mate rawa, engari ko te tino orapito o ngā orapito! (HJ 2015:47). / Although she nearly died, she didn't actually die, but it was the narrowest of narrow escapes.
Synonyms: oraititanga
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