go toe-to-toe (with someone)

go toe-to-toe (with someone)
go/stand/fight/etc toe-to-toe (with someone) american phrase
to argue or fight with someone in a very determined way
Thesaurus: to arguehyponym arguments and arguingsynonym
Main entry: toe-to-toe

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  • stand toe-to-toe (with someone) — go/stand/fight/etc toe to toe (with someone) american phrase to argue or fight with someone in a very determined way Thesaurus: to arguehyponym arguments and arguingsynonym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

  • fight toe-to-toe (with someone) — go/stand/fight/etc toe to toe (with someone) american phrase to argue or fight with someone in a very determined way Thesaurus: to arguehyponym arguments and arguingsynonym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

  • toe-to-toe — adverb go/stand/fight etc. toe to toe (with someone) AMERICAN to argue or fight with someone in a very determined way: The two candidates will go toe to toe in a televised debate. ╾ ,toe to toe adjective …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • toe-to-toe — UK / US adverb go/stand/fight etc toe to toe (with someone) American to argue or fight with someone in a very determined way Derived word: toe to toe UK / US adjective …   English dictionary

  • toe — toe1 [ tou ] noun count ** one of the five individual parts at the end of your foot. Your big toe is the largest, and your little toe is the smallest: Vera slipped off her shoes and wriggled her toes. I stubbed my toe (=hurt it by hitting it) on… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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  • toe — [tō] n. [ME to < OE ta, earlier tahe, akin to Ger zehe < IE base * deik̑ , to show > TEACH, L dicere, to say, digitus] 1. a) any of the five jointed parts at the front of the human foot; digit b) the forepart of the human foot c) the… …   English World dictionary

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  • toe — ► NOUN 1) any of the five digits at the end of the foot. 2) the lower end, tip, or point of something. ► VERB (toes, toed, toeing) ▪ push, touch, or kick with one s toes. ● make someone s toes curl …   English terms dictionary

  • toe — I UK [təʊ] / US [toʊ] noun [countable] Word forms toe : singular toe plural toes ** a) one of the five individual parts at the end of your foot. Your big toe is the largest, and your little toe is the smallest Vera slipped off her shoes and… …   English dictionary

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