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| English | Russian |
| come within touching distance of | вплотную приблизиться (Back in 2015, Kevin Mitchell came within touching distance of becoming a world champion, suffering a brave stoppage defeat in the 10th round. 4uzhoj) |
| not let someone come within a mile of here | не подпускать на пушечный выстрел (VLZ_58) |
| not let someone come within firing range of here | не подпускать на пушечный выстрел (VLZ_58) |
| within an ace of | ещё немного и... (...I was within an ace of drifting into a downright quarrel... – ещё немного и я окажусь втянутым в перебранку... (J. Conrad, "Chance") Bobrovska) |
| within an inch of life | на волосок от смерти (hora) |
| within an inch of your life | до полусмерти (The sudden blaring of the alarm scared me within an inch of my life. Nati_Regnard) |
| within an inch of your life | своих не узнаёшь (I’ll thrash 〈beat〉 you VLZ_58) |