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- come within an inch of doing
come within an inch of doing
come within an inch of doing something
Fig. almost to do something; to come very close to doing something. I came within an inch of going into the army. I came within an inch of falling off the roof.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
LÍLe | | - | Irish |
EsmÉ | | es-MAY (Dutch) | English, Dutch |
Radko | | - | Bulgarian, Czech |
RichÁRd | | - | Hungarian |
Geena | | JEE-nə | English (Rare) |
Kjell | | SHEL | Swedish, Norwegian |