a hair's breadth

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a hair's breadth

a very small distance or amount Enemy forces are within a hair's breadth of the city. We were a hair's breadth away from getting caught. (= we were almost caught)

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Fozzy has been a hair's breadth away from playing on Scottish football's biggest stage after being overlooked by Martin O'Neill at Celtic and seeing a trial for Walter Smith at Rangers gazumped by a move to Norwich. Foz: Gers will pay for snub by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland) On Tuesday both the Dow Jones industrial average and the Standard andamp; Poor's 500 fell to within a hair's breadth of their lowest close in five years. Markets unimpressed by US stimulus by Aljazeera.net The people who are affected the most profoundly in this case aren't the litigants but the children who were within a hair's breadth of having this public health crisis solved," said Fidelma Fitzpatrick, a Providence attorney who was a part of a team that represented the state. R.I. Supreme Court overturns landmark lead paint verdict by Walters, Cecily / Trial			a good many a good Samaritan A good time was had by all a good-for-nothing a goody-goody a Gordian knot a grab bag a grain of truth a grass widow a greasy spoon a great deal a grey area a grin like a Cheshire cat a grip on a grip on oneself A growing youth has a wolf in his belly a guiding light a guilt trip A guilty conscience needs no accuser a guinea pig a gut feeling a gut reaction a gut-bucket a hair out of place a hair shirt a hair's breadth a half-wit a halfway house a hand in a hand with a hand-me-down a handful a handle on a hang-up a hanger-on a happy accident a happy hunting ground a happy medium a hard nut a hard nut to crack a hard row to hoe a hard time a hard-on a has-been a hatchet job a hatchet man a head of steam a head start a heart of gold a heart of stone a heart-to-heart			A greegree man a grey area a grin like a Cheshire cat a grip on a grip on oneself A Group of Jewish Singles A Growable Network Information System A growing youth has a wolf in his belly a growth opportunity A Grubu Beta Hemolitik Streptokok A guide to the hacker language A guide to the hacker language a guiding light a guiding spirit a guilt trip A guilty conscience needs no accuser a guinea pig A gun A gun A gun A gun a gut feeling a gut reaction a gut-bucket A Guy Called Cyco A Guy Called Gerald a hair out of place a hair shirt a hair's breadth a half-wit a halfway house a hand in a hand with a hand-me-down A HANDD a handful a handle on a hang a hang a hang a hang-up a hanger-on a happy accident a happy hunting ground a happy medium a hard act to follow a hard act to follow a hard act to follow a hard act to follow a hard act to follow a hard act to follow A hard case A Hard Day's Night a hard nut a hard nut a hard nut a hard nut a hard nut a hard nut to crack

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