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(redirected from are within a whisker of)be within a whisker of (something)To be very close to getting, achieving, or experiencing something. She was within a whisker of the gold medal, but her leg cramped in the last few meters. Hundreds of people were within a whisker of death when their apartment building caught on fire in the middle of the night. be, come, etc. within a whisker of something/of doing something (British English) almost do something: They came within a whisker of being killed. |