razor-thin
adjective/ˌreɪzə ˈθɪn/
/ˌreɪzər ˈθɪn/
(North American English)- (of a victory in an election, etc.) won by a very small number of votes
- The Republican Senator won a third term by a razor-thin edge over his Democratic challenger.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryRazor-thin is used with these nouns:- majority
- margin
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