by a nose
If a person or animal wins a race or competition by a nose, he, she, or it wins it by very little:
It was a very exciting race. My horse won but only by a nose.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Words meaning small pieces and amounts
- chip
- clipping
- crumb
- dollop
- droplet
- filing
- flake
- germ
- jot
- nose
- pat
- patch
- pennyworth
- pinpoint
- scattering
- scintilla
- shadow
- shard
- shred
- slip
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