within a whisker of

within a whisker of something

close to something Yesterday, the price of oil came within a whisker of its all-time high. An asteroid came within a whisker of crashing into the earth.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Gracia	GRAH-thyah (Spanish), GRAH-syah (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Jernej	-	Slovene
Borisu	-	Medieval Slavic
Jeconiah	-	Biblical
Milly	['mili]
Karolis	-	Lithuanian