1. a very small distance or margin

1. 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.