within ames ace | Idiomator

Meaning: (obsolete,British,idiomatic)Nearly, very near.1959,Georgette Heyer, chapter 17, inThe Unknown Ajax:[…]The possibility that he might prefer the excitement of such an adventure to an expedition into Yorkshire did occur to the Major, but he discarded it: Richmond had beenwithin ames-aceof jumping at the chance offered him,[…].

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