What does "cheated death" mean?

You were supposed to die, but you didn't. Maybe even got out of it intentionally. Like in the Final Destination movies, one of the characters has a premonition of a disaster that's going to happen, so he avoids the disaster which should've killed him. He cheated death.

It means that at a given moment you could have died, but you didn't

that you survived something you shouldnt have so if my house burned down when i wasnt there but i was meant to be i cheated death

It means the person was in a circumstance that often results in death, but did not die.
Like they were in a wicked head-on car crash, or fell off a cliff, or something like that.

You were at the point of death, and somehow survived.

Cheated death means you prevented yourself from dying. For instance, some people get cancer which is pretty much a death sentence, but with chemotherapy and other things you can be rid of some cancers. It is mostly a saying. Basically, coming close to death and then recovering in a miracle kind of way is considered "cheating death".

cheated death = you survived in a situation thought to be unsurvivable.

cheating death means that you should have died, but didnt. example, a piano falls off a roof and you were an inch away from getting hit. all odds say that you should have been hit and died, but you were lucky enough to miss it.

If you fell off a high cliff and lived you would have cheated death as you would have been expected to die .

it means it was ur time to die but somehow you didnt so you cheated death.
or its like...a point where your about to die but a miracle happened and you didnt, so you cheated death.