Inch
Inch noun - A very small distance or degree.
Usage example: give them an inch, and they'll take a mile
Nearby Word: inched
Neck
Neck noun - A very small distance or degree.
Usage example: for most of the race he trailed the leader by only a neck
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Synonyms for Neck
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The Zeiram's (from the Zeiram films and IRIA: Zeiram the Animation) only visible face is a three-inch thing on a long prehensile neck, but it resembles a Kabuki mask, so it might count.
Source: Cool Mask - Forty-five axe blows to the neck and his head still stays attached by a half-inch of skin!
Source: Body Horror / Literature -
When he bothers to send more people to check on them, an hour later, one of them has been beaten within an inch of his life, and the other is dead with a broken neck.
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