head-to-head
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3.7
- adverb
- /ˈhɛd tə ˈhɛd/
:
cara a cara
- Tonight, the two teams will compete head-to-head in a thrilling basketball game.
- head-to-head competition
- go head-to-head
- compete head-to-head
A&D; doesn't have to go head to head with Intel in terms of raw CPU performance.
- A&D; doesn't have to go head to head with Intel in terms of raw CPU performance.
- I think you start talking about where the most likely places that the United States and China go head to head or or fight through proxies.
- And so he's dancing around the biggest media circus in the world, but not dealing head to head with big law enforcement.
- Now we put these strong willed people side by side and watch them go head to head to find the exact moment this marriage went South.
- And we're going head to head with PepsiCo and Body Armor and the Gatorade and Powerade.
- In fact, we are going head to head right now, Boo.
- And I think that most people by trying not to know them again at some point, like you come head to head with them and that's when it becomes really hard, really hard to detach.
Examples
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He's about to go head-to-head with his rivals.
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She's been going head-to-head with the men for some time now.
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And when you actually test food in those systems, you and you can test them head to head, side by side.
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So this is one of my points that I go head to head with him on sometimes and you usually win what you usually win.
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So to beat him, head to head, would be major.
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In fact, we are going head to head right now, Boo.
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After you master many levels, you can go head to head in a survival match with a friend.
Blog text (27) -
In this round, Max and George will go head to head in the Super Snowball Sack race.
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Before the award is finally given, the qualifiers will go head to head in a series of races.
Academic text (2007) -
Students will know they are in head-to-head competition with their classmates for the coveted prize.
Academic text (2001)
Synonyms
517
1.4
A game in which two teams or players compete
101
4.3
A final meeting where two sides face each other to settle a dispute
80
3.7
A pairing of teams, people, or things to compete and be compared
38
5.5
A contest between two skilled opponents, for example two teams or candidates
32
3.5
When two people compete directly, often in sports
28
3.5
So close in a race or competition that it is hard to tell who will win
15
3.2
A hard struggle between two groups for power or control
14
6.8
In direct competition or argument with someone
10
5.3
A tense meeting between two people or groups on opposite sides
1
8.1
Very close and evenly matched until the end
Antonyms
How Direct
Surface Forms
Etymology
Head-to-head comes from the picture of two heads facing off directly, like rivals meeting in a game or match. So it now describes two people or teams competing directly against each other.