hang by a hair en · VERB
Meanings
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Synonym of hang by a thread.
This was the moment in the whole process of their mutual vigilance in which it decidedly most hung by a hair that their thin wall might be pierced by the lightest wrong touch.
1904 November 10, Henry James, The Golden Bowl, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hung by a hair | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| hung by a hair | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| hangs by a hair | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| hanging by a hair | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |