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Dictionary definition · head-to-head

adjective

  1. involving two persons; intimately private"a tete-a-tete supper"
  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"

adverb

  1. even or close in a race or competition or comparison"the horses ran neck and neck"

Similar words

tete-a-teteneck and necknip and tuck

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).