head-to-head
adjective
- 1
inconclusive as to outcome; close or just even in a race or comparison or competition
as they approached the finish line they were neck and neck
the election was a nip and tuck affair
- 2
involving two persons; intimately private
a tete-a-tete supper
a head-to-head conversation
adverb
- 1
even or close in a race or competition or comparison
the horses ran neck and neck
he won nip and tuck
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