by a hair’s breadth Idiom, Proverb

by a hair’s breadth

Idiom(s): by a hair(’s breadth) AND by a whisker

Theme: AMOUNT - SMALL

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, by

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