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
Denzel	den-ZEL	English (Modern)
Stig	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Gobnait	GAWB-net	Irish
Etzel	-	Germanic Mythology
Jeong	jung	Korean
Hay	[hei]