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neck and neck
Idioms and Phrases
So close that the advantage or lead shifts from one to the other or is virtually indistinguishable, as in The two are neck and neck in developing a new operating system for the computer . The term comes from horse racing, where the necks of two horses in competition appear to be side by side. [Early 1800s] For a synonym, see nip and tuck .Example Sentences
But exhilaration runs neck and neck with exhaustion.
Jamie's prediction: These two are kind of neck and neck in the table and Palace are in a particularly good place at the moment so it is tempting to go for a home win.
Opinion polls were almost neck and neck going into Sunday's race.
“If you were just watching TV, you’d think it’s neck and neck.â€
But what seemed like a runaway competition between the two quarterbacks through fall camp ended up being “neck and neck†according to Riley.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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