head-to-head

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I - adjective

1. involving two persons;
intimately private
- a tete-a-tete supper
- a head-to-head conversation
• Syn:
tete-a-tete
• Similar to:
private
• Derivationally related forms:
tete-a-tete (for: tete-a-tete)
2. 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
• Syn:
neck and neck, nip and tuck
• Similar to:
inconclusive

II - adverb

even or close in a race or competition or comparison
- the horses ran neck and neck
- he won nip and tuck
• Syn:
neck and neck, nip and tuck
• Derived from adjective:
nip and tuck (for: nip and tuck), neck and neck (for: neck and neck)