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
Zuzana-Czech, Slovak
Theodoar-Ancient Germanic
NataŠA-Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian
JacklynJAK-linEnglish
Matild-Hungarian
Islwyn-Welsh