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by the skin of one's teeth

ADVERB
closely
Synonyms
STRONGEST
firmly hard intently intimately jointly meticulously scrupulously sharply strictly thoughtfully
STRONG
nearly
WEAK
exactly heedfully in conjunction with mindfully minutely punctiliously searchingly similarly

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Examples of Hebrew idiom that have become English via the Bible include: "to set one's teeth on edge", "by the skin of one's teeth", "the land of the living" and "from strength to strength".

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.