释义 |
toe to toe(Of two people) standing directly in front of one another, especially in order to fight or argue: there’s little skill involved—you just stand toe to toe and hit each other!...- It's sometimes about standing toe to toe and battling with people for a long period.
- Where their predecessors in the ring had both comported themselves as if points were being awarded for artistic impression, these two stand toe to toe and flail at each other with apparently random fists, knees and elbows.
- The final three minutes proved to be some of the best in an absorbing contest as the fighters stood toe to toe and exchanged some heavy punches that would have floored lesser men.
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