just barely; by a very small distance. (The whisker phrase is folksy.) • I just missed getting on the plane by a hair's breadth. • I made it by a hair! • The arrow missed the deer by a whisker.
by a hair's breadth
By an acutely abbreviate ambit or abbreviate allowance of time. They're aloof about to abutting the gates! It looks like we fabricated the flight by a hair's breadth.The chase was close and close till the actual end, but Sally won it by a hair's breadth.Learn more: breadth, byLearn more:
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Cùng học tiếng anh với từ điển Từ đồng nghĩa, cách dùng từ tương tự, Thành ngữ, tục ngữ by a hair’s breadth