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| a footstep away (from pfedorov); one pace away from (чего-либо Anglophile); on the cusp of (on the cusp of securing a playoff berth VLZ_58); nearly (She nearly won – Она была в шаге от победы george serebryakov); poised (He is now poised to become the next big star in country music. VLZ_58); a stone's throw away from (4uzhoj); within one's grasp (кого-либо; able to be found or gotten – She felt the solution was within her grasp. Success is almost within our grasp. Bullfinch) | |||
| within an ace of (very close to: within an ace of winning (He came within an ace of winning) Tamerlane) | |||
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| American usage, not spelling | 1 |
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| Idiomatic | 9 |
| Informal | 2 |
| Makarov | 4 |
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| Rhetoric | 1 |
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