toe-to-toe
adverb/ˌtəʊ tə ˈtəʊ/
/ˌtəʊ tə ˈtəʊ/
(also head-to-head)
- with two people or groups facing each other directly in order to decide the result of a competition or an argument
- Democratic leaders are going toe-to-toe with the president.
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