Definitions

nip and tuck

ADJECTIVE

very close and evenly contested

Synonyms

WEAK

abreast deadlocked drawn head-to-head level neck-and-neck parallel tied too close to call

ADVERB

very close and evenly contested

Synonyms

WEAK

abreast deadlocked drawn head-to-head level neck-and-neck parallel tied too close to call

Example Sentences

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It's nip and tuck between Gordon and Angus Gunn for a starting place against Haiti on Saturday.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

“We’ve been nip and tuck on some things, but we’ve always had the same interest and same goal in mind, and that’s winning,” Millsap said at that time of Snyder.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2021

All of this year’s iPhones had a little nip and tuck along the edges.

From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2020

From there it was nip and tuck until the death.

From The Guardian • Jun. 14, 2019

It was nip and tuck that the Captain didn't die too.

From Vision House by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)

nip and tuck

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