mano a mano
adverb or adjective
ma·no a ma·no
ˌmä-nō-ä-ˈmä-nō 
: in direct competition or conflict especially between two people
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the two brothers decided to go mano a mano in one final match to determine who was the better tennis player
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Hannibal recasts Foster with Julianne Moore and then mostly marginalizes her in favor of an absolutely disgusting mano a mano between Hannibal Lecter and a previous victim (Gary Oldman) hellbent on revenge.
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Scott Tobias, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2024
From the Ohio State tape, this switch release leaves Trader mano a mano with Marvin Harrison Jr., but the former cornerback stays composed in his pedal and drives on the throw for the pass breakup.
—Dane Brugler, The Athletic, 19 Aug. 2024
The mano a mano dynamic between the pair yields Milioti and Farrell’s best work, but the interplay viewers will crave peaks far too early.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2024
Ritchie always throws a party, being of a generation impervious to war and social responsibility, yet his film savvy evokes mano a mano and explosive classics, from The Dirty Dozen and The Guns of Navarone to the Reagan-Bush era Indiana Jones films.
—Armond White, National Review, 19 Apr. 2024
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Scott Tobias, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2024
From the Ohio State tape, this switch release leaves Trader mano a mano with Marvin Harrison Jr., but the former cornerback stays composed in his pedal and drives on the throw for the pass breakup.
—Dane Brugler, The Athletic, 19 Aug. 2024
The mano a mano dynamic between the pair yields Milioti and Farrell’s best work, but the interplay viewers will crave peaks far too early.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Sep. 2024
Ritchie always throws a party, being of a generation impervious to war and social responsibility, yet his film savvy evokes mano a mano and explosive classics, from The Dirty Dozen and The Guns of Navarone to the Reagan-Bush era Indiana Jones films.
—Armond White, National Review, 19 Apr. 2024
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“Mano a mano.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mano%20a%20mano. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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