σχεδόν τι

From LSJ

τὰν ἐπὶ τᾶς → Either with this or on this | Come back victorious or dead

Plutarch, Moralia, 241

Greek > English (Woodhouse)

nearly, just about, to make as assertion less strong

Lexicon Thucydideum

propemodum, nearly, almost, 3.68.4, 5.66.4, 7.33.2, [vulgo commonly τοι]