come within a hair of (someone or something)

come within a hair of (someone or something)

To very nearly obtain, achieve, or experience something. She came within a hair of the gold medal, but her leg cramped in the last few meters. Hundreds of people came within a hair of death when their apartment building caught on fire in the middle of the night.
See also: come, hair, of, within
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • come within a hair's breadth of (someone or something)
  • come within an inch of
  • come within an inch of (something)
  • come within an inch of doing
  • come within an inch of doing something
  • come within an ace of
  • come within an ace of (something)
  • come within an ace of something
  • come within a whisker of (something)
  • come within a whisker of something