eyeball-to-eyeball

adverb or adjective

eye·​ball-to-eye·​ball ˈī-ˌbȯl-tü-ˈī-ˌbȯl 

: face-to-face

Synonyms

• face-to-face
• head-on
• head-to-head
• mano a mano
• one-on-one
• toe-to-toe

Examples of eyeball-to-eyeball in a Sentence

that inexperienced, upstart candidate will be going eyeball-to-eyeball with a senator who's a skilled debater

Recent Examples on the Web

Troops who were eyeball-to-eyeball at two points on the frontier in India's Ladakh region in the western Himalayas had begun pulling back, an Indian government source said, heralding an end to the standoff. —Fox News, 25 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1908, in the meaning defined above