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Definition of razor-thin adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

razor-thin

adjective
 
/ˌreɪzə ˈθɪn/
 
/ˌreɪzər ˈθɪn/
(North American English)
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  1. (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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