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Meaning of within an ace of | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

Very near; on the point of.

idiomatic, slang

Examples

“[The horse] falling with a mighty crash, gave him a purler on the opposite side, and was within an ace of striking him dead with his hoof in frantic struggles to recover.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

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