be within an ace of (something/doing something)

come within an ace of (something/doing something) - to almost achieve something.

Her ambition to star in a musical is within an ace of being (= is almost) fulfilled following talks with a West End producer.

• lend itself to something
• lend someone a hand
• leopard can't change its spots.
• leopard doesn't change its spots.
• lesser of two evils
• less than
• less than something
• let alone
• let alone do something
• let be
• let bygones be bygones
• Let bygones be bygones.
• let down
• let fly
• let fly something
• let fly with
• let fly with something
• let go
• let go of
• let go of someone
• let go of something
• let hair down
• let have it
• let heart rule head
• let heart rule your head