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Definition of Houdini, Harry in English: Houdini, Harryproper nounhuːˈdiːniho͞oˈdēnē 1(1874–1926), Hungarian-born American magician and escape artist; born Erik Weisz. In the early 1900s he became famous for his ability to escape from all kinds of bonds and containers, from prison cells to aerially suspended straitjackets. - 1.1as noun A person skilled at escaping.
Example sentencesExamples - And he's a regular Houdini. He can get out of that thing in just a few minutes.
- People call him a ‘lucky’ Prime Minister, and if they mean that, Houdini like, he gets out of tight corners, like the knife-edge vote on university top-up fees, then they're right.
- Houdini to the end, he'll leave office more popular than ever.
- The man's a regular Houdini!
- 1.2 An ingenious escape.
he will have to do a Houdini to escape from me Example sentencesExamples - We hope it's not a Houdini act - you see it today and it disappears in the next couple weeks.
- I wonder if they'll let me do a Houdini and board the plane in a straitjacket and watertank?
- ‘Thankfully, we got our act together to give ourselves this chance and hopefully now with our support behind us we can do a Houdini and retain our status,’ said Quinlan.
- Any creature captured then put on public exhibition will do a Houdini and terrorize the town.
- CB had 17 of the Pistons' 41 points at the half before pulling a Houdini and magically disappearing in the second half, registering just 1 lonely point.
- Elizabeth's BFF constantly pulls a Houdini, disappearing on some adventure or another.
Definition of Houdini, Harry in US English: Houdini, Harryproper nounho͞oˈdēnē 1(1874–1926), US magician and escape artist; born in Hungary; born Erik Weisz. In the early 1900s, he became known for his ability to escape from all kinds of bonds and containers, from prison cells to aerially suspended straitjackets. - 1.1as noun a Houdini A person skilled at escaping.
Example sentencesExamples - The man's a regular Houdini!
- People call him a ‘lucky’ Prime Minister, and if they mean that, Houdini like, he gets out of tight corners, like the knife-edge vote on university top-up fees, then they're right.
- And he's a regular Houdini. He can get out of that thing in just a few minutes.
- Houdini to the end, he'll leave office more popular than ever.
- 1.2as noun a Houdini An ingenious escape.
he will have to do a Houdini to escape from me Example sentencesExamples - Elizabeth's BFF constantly pulls a Houdini, disappearing on some adventure or another.
- We hope it's not a Houdini act - you see it today and it disappears in the next couple weeks.
- I wonder if they'll let me do a Houdini and board the plane in a straitjacket and watertank?
- CB had 17 of the Pistons' 41 points at the half before pulling a Houdini and magically disappearing in the second half, registering just 1 lonely point.
- Any creature captured then put on public exhibition will do a Houdini and terrorize the town.
- ‘Thankfully, we got our act together to give ourselves this chance and hopefully now with our support behind us we can do a Houdini and retain our status,’ said Quinlan.
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