within an ace of doing something

within an ace of (doing) something

mod. very close to doing something. We were within an ace of beating the all-time record.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Rena	-	English
Veronica	[və'rɔnikə]
Ciar	KEER, KEE-ar	Irish
Nolan	NO-lan	Irish, English
Bertie
Henning	HE-ning (German), HEN-ning (Swedish)	German, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish