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Idiom: By a hair's breadth




Idiom Definitions for 'By a hair's breadth'

If a person escapes from some danger by a hair's breadth, they only just managed to avoid it. The breadth is the thickness of a hair, so they probably feel somewhat lucky because the margin between success and what could easily have been failure was so close.

Category: Body and bodily functions

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