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toe-to-toe

adjective or adverb

Definition of toe-to-toe

: slugging it out at or as if at close range a toe-to-toe confrontation over the new policy

First Known Use of toe-to-toe

circa 1942, in the meaning defined above

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toe-to-toe

adverb

English Language Learners Definition of toe-to-toe

informal used to describe a fight in which two people stand close together facing each other sometimes used figuratively

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