hair's-breadth

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hairs·breadth or hair's-breadth (hârz

dth

) also hair·breadth (hâr

A small space, distance, or margin: won by a hairsbreadth.

hair's-breadth

a. a very short or imperceptible margin or distance

b. (as modifier) a hair's-breadth escape

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Noun

hair's-breadth - a very small distance or space; "they escaped by a hair's-breadth"; "they lost the election by a whisker"

hairsbreadth, whisker, hair

small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude

Translations

hair's-breadth [ˈhɛəzˌbrɛtθ] n by a hair's breadth → per un pelo

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