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Question : Select the most appropriate meaning of the given idiom.

By the skin of your teeth

Option 1: To just barely get by or make it

Option 2: To get worried easily

Option 3: To do difficult tasks

Option 4: Chewing food improperly


Team Careers360 15th Jan, 2024
Answer (1)
Team Careers360 21st Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: To just barely get by or make it


Solution : The first option is correct.

The idiom by the skin of your teeth is an expression used to convey that someone has just barely managed to do something or succeed, often in a difficult or challenging situation. It implies a narrow escape or a close call.

Therefore, the correct answer, "To just barely get by or make it" .

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