dead heat

Synonyms for dead heat

noun tie in a contest

noun. stalemate, impasse

noun. tie in competition

noun. very close finish

adjective. happening at about the same time

noun. draw, tie

Remus is a sharper, Remus is a cheat, Remus collared my side, And made it a dead heat.

I ought to have got it from Smythe, of the School-house; but all I could do was to dead heat his time.

Amidst the shouts and the commotion the result was announced—a dead heat.

I followed Pest into the presence of the major,—we ran a dead heat!

The judge, however, a Portuguese, decided that it was a dead heat.

The Continental and Martin's may be said to run a dead heat for third place.

If he believes we're willing to call this thing a dead heat he may conclude to stick.

He jumped at this favourable decision on my part, and 'calculated' forthwith that it was a dead heat.

On the contrary, their contests generally ended in a dead heat, or something very nearly approaching it.