nip and tuck
Example Sentences
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“I was really proud of the way we responded when we got down. It was nip and tuck the whole way.”
From Seattle Times • Jan. 23, 2022
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
The Music Center gets a nip and tuck, and a critic visits a half-empty LACMA.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2019
It’s 131 got to be nip and tuck, and we’ll have to make it a snap shot, for he’ll drop back into the hole after he fires.”
From Ned, Bob and Jerry on the Firing Line The Motor Boys Fighting for Uncle Sam by Young, Clarence
