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hair's breadth
Thesaurushair's breadthnoun fraction, jot, hair, whisker, narrow margin He did not swerve a hair's breadth from the decision.hair's breadth
hair's breadthA very small amount or short length. After wandering around the forest for an hour thinking we were lost, it turned out that we were only a hair's breadth away from our campsite. The seal is air-tight—there's not a hair's breadth between the door and the frame.See also: breadtha hair's breadth 1. You use a hair's breadth to talk about the smallest possible amount or degree of something. The town suffered heavy bombing, coming within a hair's breadth of being destroyed altogether. He missed the two-minute barrier by a hair's breadth, finishing in 2.00.04 and setting a new British record. The situation was a hair's breadth away from being comical.2. You use a hair's breadth to talk about the smallest possible distance. A stone flew past him, missing him by a hair's breadth. His head was a hair's breadth away from the car roof.See also: breadtha hair's breadth a very small amount or margin.See also: breadtha ˈhair’s breadth a very small distance or amount: He escaped death by a hair’s breadth. If the other car had been going any faster, he would certainly have been killed. ♢ She was within a hair’s breadth of winning. Breadth means width.See also: breadthhair's breadth
Related to hair's breadth: hairbreadthSynonyms for hair's breadthnoun fractionSynonyms- fraction
- jot
- hair
- whisker
- narrow margin
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