by the skin of (your) teeth

informal

if you do something by the skin of your teeth, you only just succeed in doing it.

We escaped by the skin of our teeth.

England held on by the skin of their teeth to win 1-0.

• put back on track
• put back up
• put behind
• put behind someone
• put behind something
• put behind you
• put best foot forward
• put cards on the table
• put down roots
• put down to experience
• put feet up
• put finger on
• put finger on something
• put flesh on
• put flesh on something
• put flesh on the bones of
• put flesh on the bones of something
• put foot down
• put foot in it
• put foot to the floor
• put forth
• put forth something
• put forward
• put forward something
• put hair on chest