Definitions
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Racing) so nearly equal that one cannot be said to be before the other; very close; even; side by side.
WordNet 3.0
- adv. even or close in a race or competition or comparison
- adj. inconclusive as to outcome; close or just even in a race or comparison or competition
Examples
“On discovering the force of the Indians, they retreated to the grove, and almost neck and neck with the Indians, sprang over their horses and occupied the Block House.”
“Dunross was up on Buccaneer, the big bay gelding, and he was neck and neck with Noble Star, ridden by his chief jockey, Tom Leung.”
“There were many grim statistics one could enumerate about how damaged the country was after decades of war, but suffice to say that even several years after the United States had toppled the Taliban, the countries of Afghanistan and Burkino Faso, in central Africa, were running neck and neck on their abysmal quality-of-life indicators.”
“Zero deaths were reported from Chinese or ayurvedic herbal medicines; seven from intentionally abused stimulants like ephedra, ma huang, and yohimbe; two from iron poisoning; three from potassium, two from sodium, one from vitamin C, and one from vitamin B6—running neck and neck with deaths reported from plain soap, table salt, and baking soda.”
“Now a contender made his dash, Winwell Stag, a gelding belonging to Havergill that Peter Marlowe had tipped to win, and he was coming up strong on the outside with Crossfire and Western Scot neck and neck just ahead, all whips out now in the gathering roar.”
“I was in Paris again in 1995 as Mitterrand was retiring and Jacques Chirac was in a neck and neck race with the Socialist candidate for president, Lionel Jospin.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘neck and neck’.
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such and such
alas and alack, apples and oranges, coffee and tea, cream and sugar, father and son, forgive and forget, ins and outs, kith and kin, knit and purl, milk and cookies, mother and daughter, odds and ends and 181 more...
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Siamese Twins - X and/or Y
Collocations with 'and' & 'or'
neither fish nor ..., neither hide nor ..., alive and kicking, all or nothing, an arm and a leg, apples and oranges, back and forth, be-all and end-all, bells and whistles, black and white, blood and guts, bow and arrow and 230 more...
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Public List: Body Metaphors
Phrases that use body parts metaphorically.
neck of the woods, bone of contention, mouth of a river, teeth of the storm, heart of the matter, foot of the bed, eye of the storm, dogleg hole, finger lakes, headwaters, foothills, knik arm and 212 more...
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Word for word
word for word, time after time, eye to eye, all in all, person to person, through and through, end over end, hand to hand, little by little, by and by, one by one, frame by frame and 124 more...
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rhyming euphemisms
hollyhocks, mean green, bum chums, hokey pokey, humpty dumpty, makin bacon, hanky panky, up to ya nuts in ..., stuffin the muffin, ants in my pants, blast from the past, junk in yo trunk and 34 more...
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Toss up
toss up, even, tied, neck and neck, deadlock, parity, fifty-fifty, equilibrium, balance, equal, fungible, across-the-board and 16 more...
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And Another Thing
adam and eve, again and again, alpha and omega, arts and crafts, b and b, back and forth, bacon and eggs, be-all and end-all, bells and whistles, black and blue, black and tan, blood and guts and 165 more...
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