by a nose
• (of a victory) by a very narrow margin.
• "first over the line was Shemaka, but only by a nose"
Similar:
just,
only just,
barely,
narrowly,
by a narrow margin,
by the narrowest of margins,
by a very small margin,
by a hair's breadth,
by the skin of one's teeth,
by a whisker,
Opposite:
by miles,
