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hang by a hair

hang by a hair verb: synonym of hang by a thread.

Verb

hang by a hair (third-person singular simple present hangs by a hair, present participle hanging by a hair, simple past and past participle hung by a hair)

  1. 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

hang by a hair meaning in Malayalam

hang by a hair in Malayalam

കച്ചിതുരുമ്പിൽ പിടിച്ചുതൂങ്ങുക, ആപത്തുനേരിടുക

Synonyms of hang by a hair

Forms of hang by a hair

third-person singular presenthangs by a hair
present participlehanging by a hair
past participlehung by a hair
pasthung by a hair

Questions about hang by a hair

What does hang by a hair mean?
Hang by a hair means synonym of hang by a thread.
What is hang by a hair in Malayalam?
Hang by a hair in Malayalam is കച്ചിതുരുമ്പിൽ പിടിച്ചുതൂങ്ങുക, ആപത്തുനേരിടുക. See Hang by a hair meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is hang by a hair?
Hang by a hair is a verb.
What is the past tense of hang by a hair?
The past tense of hang by a hair is hung by a hair.

Words near hang by a hair in the dictionary

  1. hang about
  2. hang an arse
  3. hang around
  4. hang back
  5. hang behind
  6. hang by a hair
  7. hang by a thread
  8. hang by the eyelids
  9. hang dog
  10. hang dogs
  11. hang fire

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hang by a hair (page history and authors); hang by a hair (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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