miss by a hairbreadth

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• Hairbreadth — Hair breadth ( br[e^]dth), Hair s breadth Hair s breadth (h[^a]rz ). The diameter or breadth of a hair; a very small distance; sometimes, definitely, the forty eighth part of an inch. [Also spelled {hairsbreadth}.] [1913 Webster] Every one could… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• near miss — Synonyms and related words: close call, close shave, close squeak, collision, collision course, confrontation, crack up, crash, encounter, error, hairbreadth escape, joining, meeting, miss, mistake, narrow escape, narrow squeak, near go, near… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Hair's breadth — Hairbreadth Hair breadth ( br[e^]dth), Hair s breadth Hair s breadth (h[^a]rz ). The diameter or breadth of a hair; a very small distance; sometimes, definitely, the forty eighth part of an inch. [Also spelled {hairsbreadth}.] [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• hairsbreadth — Hairbreadth Hair breadth ( br[e^]dth), Hair s breadth Hair s breadth (h[^a]rz ). The diameter or breadth of a hair; a very small distance; sometimes, definitely, the forty eighth part of an inch. [Also spelled {hairsbreadth}.] [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• List of Emily Dickinson poems — This is a list of Emily Dickinson poems. There are 1,775 known poems that have been written by Dickinson. The poems are alphabetized by their first line. Punctuation, capitalization and even in some cases wording of the first lines may vary… …   Wikipedia

• tight squeeze — Synonyms and related words: bind, broken fortune, close call, close shave, close squeak, closeness, clutch, complication, confinement, crowdedness, crunch, cubby, cubbyhole, difficulties, distress, doghouse, embarrassing position, embarrassment,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• Nat Turner: Confession (1831) — ▪ Primary Source       Nat Turner led the best known of all Southern slave revolts, which occurred on August 21, 1831, and climaxed a three year period of unrest among the slaves during which time Turner had been successful in convincing his… …   Universalium

• Slang — Sling Sling, v. t. [imp. {Slung}, Archaic {Slang}; p. p. {Slung}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slinging}.] [AS. slingan; akin to D. slingeren, G. schlingen, to wind, to twist, to creep, OHG. slingan to wind, to twist, to move to and fro, Icel. slyngva, sl[… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Sling — Sling, v. t. [imp. {Slung}, Archaic {Slang}; p. p. {Slung}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slinging}.] [AS. slingan; akin to D. slingeren, G. schlingen, to wind, to twist, to creep, OHG. slingan to wind, to twist, to move to and fro, Icel. slyngva, sl[ o]ngva …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Slinging — Sling Sling, v. t. [imp. {Slung}, Archaic {Slang}; p. p. {Slung}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slinging}.] [AS. slingan; akin to D. slingeren, G. schlingen, to wind, to twist, to creep, OHG. slingan to wind, to twist, to move to and fro, Icel. slyngva, sl[… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Slung — Sling Sling, v. t. [imp. {Slung}, Archaic {Slang}; p. p. {Slung}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Slinging}.] [AS. slingan; akin to D. slingeren, G. schlingen, to wind, to twist, to creep, OHG. slingan to wind, to twist, to move to and fro, Icel. slyngva, sl[… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English