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Meaning of within ames ace | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Nearly, very near.

British, idiomatic, obsolete

Examples

“[…]The possibility that he might prefer the excitement of such an adventure to an expedition into Yorkshire did occur to the Major, but he discarded it: Richmond had been within ames-ace of jumping at the chance offered him,[…].”

CEFR level

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

within an ace of within an inch of one's life within an inch of one's skin within call within cry within living memory

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