come within a whisker of

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come within a whisker of something/doing something

if you come within a whisker of doing something, you almost do it or it almost happens to you He came within a whisker of beating the world champion. Several times on his trek through the jungle he came within a whisker of death.

See also: come, whisker, within

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come-hither look
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comfort
comfortable as an old shoe

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Come with Me (Kumi Koda song)
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Come with Me 2 Hell
Come with Me 2 Hell Part 2
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Come with Us Japan Only EP
Come with Us/Japan Only EP
Come with Us/The Test
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come within a hair of someone or something
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Come you are safe, we are from the bombs
Come Zoumara
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Come, Come to the Sunset Tree
Come, Come Ye Saints
Come, Come, Ye Saints
Come, I'm a Lion
Come, I'm a Lion!
come-all-ye
Come-along
Come-along
come-alongs
come-alongs
come-at-able

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