be within a whisker of (something)
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To be very close to getting, achieving, or experiencing something. She was within a whisker of the gold medal, but her leg cramped in the last few meters. Hundreds of people were within a whisker of death when their apartment building caught on fire in the middle of the night.
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be, come, etc. within a whisker of something/of doing something
(British English) almost do something: They came within a whisker of being killed.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
- be, come, etc. within a whisker of something/of doing something
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