usage: involving two persons; intimately private; "a tete-a-tete supper"; "a head-to-head conversation"
2. neck and neck, head-to-head, nip and tuck, inconclusive (vs. conclusive)
usage: inconclusive as to outcome; close or just even in a race or comparison or competition; "as they approached the finish line they were neck and neck"; "the election was a nip and tuck affair"
Adverb
1. neck and neck, head-to-head, nip and tuck
usage: even or close in a race or competition or comparison; "the horses ran neck and neck"; "he won nip and tuck"