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come within a whisker of (doing) something
idiom
If you come within a whisker of doing something, you almost do it or it almost happens to you: 差一点就做…；…差一点就发生了
Twice now she had come within a whisker of death.到目前为止，她两次与死神擦肩而过。
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
not completely
almostWe need to hurry up - it's almost time to go.
nearlyIt's nearly midnight.
nearHe was near tears (= almost crying).
aboutAre you about ready to leave?
all butThe concert was all but over by the time we arrived.
well-nighIt was well-nigh impossible to get a person on the phone these days.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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to the brink of something
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