nip and tuck
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1. nip and tuck - Noun
2. nip and tuck - Adjective
3. nip and tuck - Adverb
4. nip and tuck - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised
inconclusive as to outcome; close or just even in a race or comparison or competition
even or close in a race or competition or comparison
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Examples
some actresses have more than one face lift
as they approached the finish line they were neck and neck
the election was a nip and tuck affair
the horses ran neck and neck
he won nip and tuck
A Middleton’s rink seemed to be cruising to a big win, as they led 10-1 after 8 ends, only to be level 2 ends later as the visitors scored a 5 & 4, and it was nip and tuck thereafter with the scores again level with 2 ends left.