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Meaning of within an ace of | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

Very near; on the point of.

idiomatic, slang

Equivalents

Polski o włos od

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.
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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

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