Conseguir algo por muy poco y con mucha dificultad.
To narrowly succeed at something despite difficulty.
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Conseguí pasar el examen por los pelos. — I managed to scrape through the exam just in time.
¿Pasaste por los pelos ese proyecto tan duro? — Did you scrape through that tough project?
Pasó la entrevista por los pelos, a pesar de los nervios. — She scraped through the interview despite her nerves.
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