nail-biting
adjective/ˈneɪl baɪtɪŋ/
/ˈneɪl baɪtɪŋ/
[usually before noun]- making you feel very excited or anxious because you do not know what is going to happen
- a nail-biting finish
- It's been a nail-biting couple of weeks waiting for my results.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryNail-biting is used with these nouns:- finish
- suspense
- wait
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