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HANG BY A HAIR
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Depend on a small thing or be at risk
Example:
His life now hangs by a thread
Synonyms:
hang by a hair; hang by a thread
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "hang by a hair" is one way to...):
depend (be contingent upon (something that is elided))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
