Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Definitions

nip and tuck

ADJECTIVE
very close and evenly contested
Synonyms
WEAK
abreast deadlocked drawn head-to-head level neck-and-neck parallel tied too close to call
ADVERB
very close and evenly contested
Synonyms
WEAK
abreast deadlocked drawn head-to-head level neck-and-neck parallel tied too close to call

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

It will be nip and tuck all the way, a couple of heavyweights slugging it out right until the final round, when we will find out who the last team standing is.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2023

“We’ve been nip and tuck on some things, but we’ve always had the same interest and same goal in mind, and that’s winning,” Millsap said at that time of Snyder.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 25, 2021

All of this year’s iPhones had a little nip and tuck along the edges.

From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2020

The Music Center gets a nip and tuck, and a critic visits a half-empty LACMA.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 24, 2019

It was nip and tuck that the Captain didn't die too.

From Vision House by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.