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by inches
idiom
very closely or only just: 差一点儿，几乎
The car skidded and I avoided the dog by inches (= I very nearly hit the dog).汽车打滑，我差点儿撞到那条狗。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Merely and barely
all
all of somethingidiom
at a pinchidiom
barely
but
by a whiskeridiom
can ill afford (to do something)phrase
hardly
ill
inch
just
little
merely
merest
narrowly
nothing more thanidiom
only
pinch
scarcely
whisker
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