Synonyms for by the skin of one's teeth

Grammar : Adv

Spell : skin

Phonetic Transcription : skɪn

Top 10 synonyms for by the skin of one's teeth Other synonyms for the word by the skin of one's teeth

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Définition of by the skin of one's teeth

Origin :

• Old English toð (plural teð), from Proto-Germanic *tanth, *tunth (cf. Old Saxon, Danish, Swedish, Dutch tand, Old Norse tönn, Old Frisian toth, Old High German zand, German Zahn, Gothic tunþus), from PIE *dont-/*dent- "tooth" (cf. Sanskrit danta, Greek odontos, Latin dens, Lithuanian dantis, Old Irish det, Welsh dent). Plural form teeth is an instance of i-mutation. Application to tooth-like parts of other objects (saws, combs, etc.) first recorded 1520s.