Usually means: Depend on very slight chance.
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  1. hang by a hair: Vocabulary.com
  2. hang by a hair: Dictionary.com
  3. hang by a hair: FreeDictionary.org
  4. hang by a hair: Mnemonic Dictionary
  5. hang by a hair: TheFreeDictionary.com
  6. hang by a hair: Wiktionary

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  1. hang by a hair: Idioms

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▸ verb:  Synonym of hang by a thread

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dangle, suspend, teeter, hover, swing, flaggy, footslog, lop, pendulate, set foot, more...

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dangle, suspend, teeter, hover, swing, flaggy, footslog, lop, pendulate, set foot, more...



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