cheat fate

The movie toys with the possibility that Manu was living on borrowed time because she had cheated fate once.

"People find circus accidents very distressing because they want the performers to cheat fate," he said.

Fuller and his squad had somehow cheated fate up until now, but a price would have to be paid.

Fuller realized that they had cheated fate once more.

And this was far from the first time he had cheated fate.

The second encounter occurs when Thor decides to cheat fate and kill the creature.

He thought he had cheated fate.

He had also referred to trying to cheat fate; but he had won Juxtaposition 187 his biggest bet because of cheating by another Citizen.

In an attempt to cheat fate, Cronos devoured his own children and imprisoned them in his stomach.

I hoped she hadn't noticed, but "You can't cheat fate," she said mournfully.