nip and tuck
Example Sentences
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“I was really proud of the way we responded when we got down. It was nip and tuck the whole way.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 23, 2022
They forget you just need a little nip and tuck here and there to have it fit your body the way it should feel on you.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2021
Asked what he thought the chances were of success at COP26, the prime minister said it was "about six out of 10, it's nip and tuck, it's touch and go".
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2021
All of this year’s iPhones had a little nip and tuck along the edges.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2020
The critters had it nip and tuck, And made such awful noise, That Lige himself came up to see, With all the other boys.
From The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 by Robert H. Newell
