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Meaning of hair's-breadth in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Noun
    1. Definitions
  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Noun

    hair's-breadth

    Definitions

    1. a very small distance or space

    Examples

    • « they escaped by a hair's-breadth »
    • « they lost the election by a whisker »

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