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Meaning of by a whisker | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

By a very small distance.

Equivalents

Polski o włos

Examples

“I'm lucky to be alive. The bus missed me by a whisker.”
“Her communitarian platform Barcelona en Comú won by a whisker, and there was an initial period of transition from Colau the activist who fought the police to Colau the mayor who was responsible for them.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

by all accounts by all means by all reports by and by by and large by any chance

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