adjective
1. involving two persons; intimately private
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a tete-a-tete supper
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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
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as they approached the finish line they were neck and neck
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the election was a nip and tuck affair
• Syn: ↑neck and neck, ↑nip and tuck
• Similar to: ↑inconclusive
adverb
even or close in a race or competition or comparison
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the horses ran neck and neck
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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)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.