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By a whisker
adverb
By a very small distance
synonyms
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By a whisker, is the answer.
In fact, by a whisker.
The incumbent lost by a whisker.
Whoever won did so by a whisker.
Not out by a whisker.
Phelps had caught Spitz by a whisker.
A tragedy was averted by a whisker".
4.27pm BST Saved by a whisker!
And not even by a whisker.
It is indeed missing the leg stump by a whisker.
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