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Nip Situation Tuck Close Failing Ending Years I

Phrase/Idiom nip and tuck
Definition If a situation is nip and tuck, someone or something in that situation comes very close to failing or ending.
Example For several years it was nip and tuck, but I managed to pull the company out of bankruptcy.

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