a hair's breadth



a hair's breadth

a very small distance or amount Enemy forces are within a hair's breadth of the city. We were a hair's breadth away from getting caught. (= we were almost caught)
See also: breadth

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Augustino-goos-TEN (French)French, Czech, Romanian, Croatian, German
PaavoPAH:-vo (Finnish)Finnish, Estonian
FredricFRED-rikEnglish
Volkan-Turkish
RussellRUS-əlEnglish
Girisha-Hinduism