just barely; by a very small distance. (The whisker phrase is folksy.) • I just missed getting on the plane by a hair's breadth. • I made it by a hair! • The arrow missed the deer by a whisker.
by a whisker
By an acutely abbreviate or abbreviate allowance (of distance, time, or addition measure). They're aloof about to abutting the gates! It looks like we fabricated the flight by a whisker.The chase was close and close till the actual end, but Sally won it by a whisker.Learn more: by, whisker
by a whisker
If you accomplish or abort to do article by a whisker, you accomplish or fail, but alone just. The French government alone aching a Yes vote by a whisker.At the end we absent by a barb and we were so disappointed.Learn more: by, whisker
do article by a ˈwhisker
(informal) do something, but about fail; do something, but alone just: He absent the aboriginal award-winning by a whisker. ♢ You able austere abrasion by a whisker, so accede yourselves actual lucky.Learn more: by, something, whiskerLearn more:
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Cùng học tiếng anh với từ điển Từ đồng nghĩa, cách dùng từ tương tự, Thành ngữ, tục ngữ by a whisker