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Nip and tuck   /nɪp ənd tək/   Listen
Nip and tuck

adjective
1.
Inconclusive as to outcome; close or just even in a race or comparison or competition.  Synonyms: head-to-head, neck and neck.  "The election was a nip and tuck affair"





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"Nip and tuck" Quotes from Famous Books



... Mr. Adams ran for president. In the convention it was nip and tuck between Thomas Jefferson and himself, but Jefferson was understood to be a Universalist, or an Universalist, whichever would look the best in print, and so he only got 68 votes out of a possible 139. In 1800, however, Jefferson turned ...
— Remarks • Bill Nye


Words linked to "Nip and tuck" :   inconclusive, rhinoplasty, plastic surgery, nose job, reconstructive surgery, anaplasty


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