skin of one's teeth
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To do something “by the skin of one's teeth” is to just manage to get it accomplished: “I never thought we'd get the magazine to the printer by the deadline, but we made it by the skin of our teeth.”
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Words nearby skin of one's teeth
Skinnerian, skinnery, skinny, skinny-dip, skin off one's nose, skin of one's teeth, skin patch, skin-pop, skin reaction, skin ridge, skin search
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skin of one's teeth
see by the skin of one's teeth.
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