Adjective
close-run (comparative more close-run, superlative most close-run)
Hotly contested; won or achieved only by a small margin.
We won the election, but it was a close-run thing.
Their victory in the ensuing civil war was a close-run affair, but the brutally determined tandem of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin and Leon Trotsky proved tougher than the disunited opposition. Source: Internet
But it was a close-run thing considering the nuzzle of golden retrievers. Source: Internet
Protesters who had gathered by Portland’s river vowed to “protect the results” of Tuesday’s close-run election and held banners proclaiming “Count Every Vote” and “The Vote is Over. Source: Internet