within an inch of
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as in about
very close to but not completely
I was within an inch of winning the Scrabble tournament when my opponent played "quatorze" on a triple for 128 points.
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“Within an inch of.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/within%20an%20inch%20of. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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