come within a whisker of (doing) sth
Definition
› If you come within a whisker of doing something, you almost do it or it almost happens to you: Twice now she had come within a whisker of death.AlmostMerely and barely
(Definition of come within a whisker of (doing) sth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- almost adverb
- as good as idiom
- as much as idiom
- be on the way to sth idiom
- border on sth phrasal verb
- close adjective, adverb (SIMILAR)
- more or less idiom
- most determiner, pronoun, adverb
- near adverb, preposition
- near- prefix
- nearly adverb
- next adverb
- nigh adverb, preposition
- quasi- prefix
- scant adjective
- sub- prefix (NOT QUITE)
- the best/better part of idiom
- to/for all intents and purposes idiom
- virtual adjective (ALMOST)
- within striking distance idiom
Topic:
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