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单词 by a nose
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by a nose

(Of a victory) by a very narrow margin: first over the line was Shemaka, but only by a nose...
  • In addition to his debut victory by a nose, Act One scored in the Prix Thomas Bryon by three lengths on October 15 at Saint Cloud.
  • Tarlow, a four-year-old daughter of Stormin Fever, has not raced since her victory by a nose in the Santa Margarita on March 12 at Santa Anita.
  • Who could forget the exciting finish of 2003, when Ricky Craven beat Kurt Busch by a nose?

Synonyms

just, only just, barely, narrowly, by a narrow margin, by the narrowest of margins, by a very small margin, by a hair's breadth, by the skin of one's teeth
informal by a whisker
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