do something by the skin of your teeth

by the skin of (one's) teeth

Barely. Often used to describe something that almost didn't happen. Oh man, my car wouldn't start this morning—I just made it here by the skin of my teeth!

do something by the ˌskin of your ˈteeth

(informal) only just do something; nearly fail to do something: We thought we’d miss the plane, but in the end we caught it by the skin of our teeth.

See also: by, of, skin, something, teeth

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get one's teeth into (something), to
bite on
bite on (something or someone)
bite on someone
cast in (one's) teeth
cast something in someone's teeth
grit (one's) teeth
grit one's teeth
grit teeth
grit your teeth

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do somebody/yourself a mischief
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do somebody's head in
do somebody's heart good
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do somehow for
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do something until you are blue in the face
do something willy-nilly
do something with a vengeance
do something with one hand behind your back
do something without stint
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do something a treat
do something a world of good
do something about
do something along the way
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do something by the book
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do something for show
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do something in a vacuum
do something in one sitting
do something in your own sweet time
do something in your own sweet time/way
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do something in/at one sitting
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