nip and tuck
mainly USIf a competition is nip and tuck, first one side seems to be winning and then the other, so that the result is not certain:
It was nip and tuck as to who would win the playoffs.
If a situation is nip and tuck, someone or something in that situation comes very close to failing or ending:
For several months it was nip and tuck, but we managed to pull the company out of bankruptcy.
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Competitions, & parts of competitions
- battle
- battle of wits idiom
- beauty contest
- beauty pageant
- benefit match
- clash
- double-header
- European night
- exhibition match
- friendly
- handicap
- kickabout
- ladder
- meeting
- one-horse race
- race
- race meeting
- Rafferty's rules
- the Premier League
- winning post
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