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Barthaar {n} whisker; hair of the beard [listen]

um Haaresbreite; um ein Haar; ganz knapp by a whisker; by a hair

Er hat das Rennen ganz knapp gewonnen/verloren. He won/lost the race by a whisker.

Die Mannschaft stand ganz knapp vor dem Sieg. The team was only a whisker away from victory.

Sie stand knapp davor, gekündigt zu werden. She came within a whisker of getting fired.

Er wäre um ein Haar auf dem Operationstisch gestorben. He came within a whisker of dying on the operating table.

um ein Haar [übtr.]; beinahe {adv} [listen] by a fraction of an inch; within an inch of; by a hair; by a whisker [fig.]

um Haaresbreite; haarscharf {adj} by a hair's breadth
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