adjective
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: ↑head-to-head, ↑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: ↑head-to-head, ↑nip and tuck
• Derived from adjective: ↑nip and tuck (for: ↑nip and tuck), ↑head-to-head (for: ↑head-to-head)
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→ neck
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adjective (or adverb)were neck and neck in the polls through most of the election campaign
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neck and neck
1. Exactly equal
2. Side by side
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Main Entry: ↑neck
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neck and neck phrase
involved in a close race, competition etc
The candidates are running neck and neck in this election.
Main entry: neck
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even in a race, competition, or comparison
we have six contestants who are neck and neck
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neck and neck
: extremely close together in a race or contest
The two candidates for president were neck and neck in the election.
The two horses were running neck and neck to the finish line.
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Main Entry: ↑neck
Useful english dictionary. 2012.