by a hair's breadth

By an extremely short distance or slim margin of time. They're just about to close the gates! it looks like we made the flight by a hair's breadth. The race was neck and neck till the very end, but Sally won it by a hair's breadth.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Cheryl	SHER-əl, CHER-əl	English
MikulÁŠ	-	Slovak, Czech
AbigaÍL	-	Spanish
Lashay	-	African American (Rare)
Keighley	-	English (Rare)
Alvar	-	Swedish, Estonian