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pip-squeak

[pip-squeak] {n.}, {informal} A small, unimportant person. * /If the club is really democratic, then every little pip-squeak has the right to say what he thinks./ * /When the smallest […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

squeak by

[squeak by] {v. phr.} 1. To barely succeed. * /He was so poorly prepared for his bar exam that he barely squeaked by./ 2. To clear with difficulty. * /The […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

squeak through

[squeak through] {v.}, {informal} To be successful but almost fail; win by a small score. * /Susan squeaked through the history examination./ * /The football team squeaked through 7-6./ Compare: […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

by the skin of one's teeth

[by the skin of one's teeth] {adv. phr.} By a narrow margin; with no room to spare; barely. * /The drowning man struggled, and I got him to land by […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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