"um ein Haar" meaning in German

See um ein Haar in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

IPA: /ʊm aɪ̯n haːɐ̯/ Audio: De-um_ein_Haar.ogg
Head templates: {{head|de|prepositional phrase}} um ein Haar
  1. (idiomatic) by a hair's breadth Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: um Haaresbreite
    Sense id: en-um_ein_Haar-de-prep_phrase-PbJuJIMM Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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        "by a hair's breadth"
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          "by a hair's breadth",
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        "(idiomatic) by a hair's breadth"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "um Haaresbreite"
        }
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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        "German idioms",
        "German lemmas",
        "German multiword terms",
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    },
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