toe-to-toe
adjective/ˌtəʊ tə ˈtəʊ/
/ˌtəʊ tə ˈtəʊ/
(also head-to-head)
- in which two people or groups face each other directly in order to decide the result of a competition or an argument
- a toe-to-toe confrontation
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