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to a hair

prep_phrase
/tuː‿ə ˈhɛə/UK/tu‿ə ˈhɛ(ə)ɹ/US

Etymology

A reference to the very small diameter of a strand of hair: compare hair's breadth.

Definitions

  1. To a high degree of precision

    To a high degree of precision; with the utmost exactness; to a nicety.

    • Pand[arus]. Youle remember your brothers excuſe? / Par[is]. To a hayre.
    • As to our own representative, the well-known athlete and international Rugby football player, E. D. Malone, he looks trained to a hair, and as he surveyed the crowd a smile of good-humored contentment pervaded his honest but homely face.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for to a hair. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA