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hung by a hair

hung by a hair is the simple past and past participle of hang by a hair.

Meaning of hang by a hair

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

Questions about hung by a hair

What is hung by a hair the simple past and past participle of?
Hung by a hair is the simple past and past participle of hang by a hair.

Words near hung by a hair in the dictionary

  1. hung an arse
  2. hung around
  3. hung back
  4. hung beef
  5. hung behind
  6. hung by a hair
  7. hung by a thread
  8. hung by the eyelids
  9. hung fire
  10. hung five
  11. hung heavy

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