nip and tuck
Example Sentences
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It was nip and tuck in the final, Robertson getting bogged down with muddled shot selections at times, but he kept himself together tremendously well in the closing stages.
From BBC ● Dec. 6, 2020
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
The tie with Uruguay always looked to be nip and tuck but Portugal were deservedly beaten and, to nobody’s real surprise, looked bereft of ideas without Cristiano Ronaldo stepping up to the plate.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 4, 2018
But what de sojers takes make it nip and tuck to git by.
From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 3 by United States. Work Projects Administration
