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within an ace of

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Definitions

  1. Very near

    Very near; on the point of.

    • [The horse] falling with a mighty crash, gave him a purler on the opposite side, and was within an ace of striking him dead with his hoof in frantic struggles to recover.
    • If you have ever been within an ace of a monumental discovery you will understand the torment of anxiety and self-reproach that possessed me.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for within an ace of. 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