toe-to-toe
adjective or adverb
: slugging it out at or as if at close range
a toe-to-toe confrontation over the new policy
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mom-and-pop grocery stores are usually wildly outmatched when they go toe-to-toe with large chain stores
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Not only that, but his team stood toe-to-toe with Mahomes and the unbeaten Chiefs on the road and never blinked.
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Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
For weeks, lawyers for the Republican and Democratic parties have gone toe-to-toe in courtrooms on challenges to voter rolls, mail ballots and other election procedures.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 1 Nov. 2024
The elder Arenas was a three-time All-Star (2005-2007) and three-time All-NBA selection who once went toe-to-toe with Kobe Bryant while scoring a franchise record 60 points while leading the Wizards to a victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in 2006.
—Dj Siddiqi, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
The two PACs are going toe-to-toe in Ohio and Pennsylvania, but a spending surge from SLF gives it an edge of around $8 million in Michigan and Wisconsin.
—Hans Nichols, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024
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Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
For weeks, lawyers for the Republican and Democratic parties have gone toe-to-toe in courtrooms on challenges to voter rolls, mail ballots and other election procedures.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 1 Nov. 2024
The elder Arenas was a three-time All-Star (2005-2007) and three-time All-NBA selection who once went toe-to-toe with Kobe Bryant while scoring a franchise record 60 points while leading the Wizards to a victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in 2006.
—Dj Siddiqi, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
The two PACs are going toe-to-toe in Ohio and Pennsylvania, but a spending surge from SLF gives it an edge of around $8 million in Michigan and Wisconsin.
—Hans Nichols, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Toe-to-toe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toe-to-toe. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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