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
Connor[kɔnə]
Stefans-Latvian
Ajit-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Bengali
Vaska-Russian, Macedonian, Bulgarian
Tova (2)-Swedish
Herleif-Norwegian