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Nip and tuck

adjective

Inconclusive as to outcome; close or just even in a race or comparison or competition. Synonyms: head-to-head, neck and neck. "The election was a nip and tuck affair"

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"Nip and tuck" Quotes from Famous Books

... right again," she exclaimed. "Last week the doctor said 't was nip and tuck with you. You didn't know me when I stood before ye. My! But you don't look very chipper yet! I'll make ye a cup ...

— The Peace of Roaring River • George van Schaick

... T. A.! I knew you'd see the thing as I do after the first shock was over. It has always been nip and tuck between the Sans-Silk Company and us. You gave me the hint that showed me their plans. Now help me follow ...

— Emma McChesney & Co. • Edna Ferber

... It was nip and tuck now between her and the rival airship. The big crowd in the aviation field yelled and shouted at the sight of ...

— Dick Hamilton's Airship - or, A Young Millionaire in the Clouds • Howard R. Garis

... to its feet and gathered around. Tallow Dick came running from the barn. It was biff—biff, and biff again, but not nip and tuck for long. Captain Mayhall closed in. Hence Sturgill struck the earth like a Homeric pine, and the captain's mighty arm played above him and fell, resounding. In three minutes Hence, to the amazement of ...

— Christmas Eve on Lonesome and Other Stories • John Fox, Jr.

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