nip and tuck

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

So evenly matched that the advantage shifts from one to the other, and the outcome is uncertain.

adv

With the advantage of changing hands, or shifting back and forth among the available alternatives.

noun

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Of unknown origin. First use appears c. 1845, in the publication American Whig Review.

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neck and neck

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