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3. come within a whisker of

come within a whisker of

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come within a whisker of something/doing something

if you come within a whisker of doing something, you almost do it or it almost happens to you He came within a whisker of beating the world champion. Several times on his trek through the jungle he came within a whisker of death.

See also: come, of, whisker, within