nip and tuck

Example Sentences

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“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

It was nip and tuck in the final, Robertson getting bogged down with muddled shot selections at times, but he kept himself together tremendously well in the closing stages.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2020

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

From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2020

Time passes, and even a contemporary classic can use a nip and tuck.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2019

"It's nip and tuck," Grief confided to the mate a couple of hours later.

From A Son Of The Sun by London, Jack