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車にひかれる

be run over by a car

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be run over by a car Uses the passive form ひかれる, meaning that the person is hit or run over by a vehicle. Often appears with 危うく or もう少しで to mean “almost got run over.”
JA: 私はもう少しで車にひかれるところだった。
EN: I almost got run over by a car.

外に出ないで車にひかれるわ！

Don’t go outside—you’ll get hit by a car!

— 嵐の中で (2018)

うちの犬、もうちょっとで車にひかれるとこだったんだよ。

My dog almost got run over by a car.

高齢の男性は危うく車にひかれるところでした。

The elderly man was nearly hit by a car.