noun
- a very small distance or margin
adjective
- extremely narrow or close
Examples
- The car missed the tree by a hairsbreadth.
- She won the race by a hairsbreadth margin.
- The bullet passed within a hairsbreadth of his head.
- It was a hairsbreadth escape from disaster.
- The team avoided defeat by a hairsbreadth.
- He made a hairsbreadth turn around the corner.
- The vote was decided by a hairsbreadth difference.