noun
plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised
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some actresses have more than one face lift
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• Derivationally related forms: ↑face-lift (for: ↑face lifting)
• Hypernyms: ↑plastic surgery, ↑reconstructive surgery, ↑anaplasty
• Hyponyms: ↑nose job, ↑rhinoplasty
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: ↑neck and neck, ↑head-to-head
• 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, ↑head-to-head
• Derived from adjective: ↑head-to-head (for: ↑head-to-head), ↑neck and neck (for: ↑neck and neck)
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1.adv. & adj. neck and neck; closely contested
[as adv.]
it was nip and tuck until the Tigers took the leadn. informal a cosmetic surgical operation
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adj
US of a race or other competition : so close that the lead changes quickly and very often from one person or team to another
The race was nip and tuck for a while.
nip and tuck adv
The candidates were running nip and tuck early in the campaign.
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The presidential contest is nip and tuck.
a medical operation in which skin is removed or made tighter to make sb look younger or more attractive, especially a ↑facelift [m1]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.