hair's breadth

== English == === Alternative forms === hairsbreadth, hairbreadth === Pronunciation === === Noun === hair's breadth (plural hairs' breadths) (idiomatic) A very small amount or distance. hair's-breadth escapes [narrow escapes] We won by a hair's breadth. He missed me by a hair's breadth when he ran past me yesterday. They came within a hair's breadth of contacting electrified water. ==== Derived terms ==== by a hair's breadth ==== Related terms ==== to a hair ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === hairbreadths