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cling on/hang on by your fingertips

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cling on/hang on by your fingertips

if you are clinging on by your fingertips, you are only just managing to avoid danger or failure. We were clinging on by our fingertips, desperately trying to stop them scoring another goal. (usually in continuous tenses)

See also: cling, fingertip, hang

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