toe-to-toe
adjective or adverb
: slugging it out at or as if at close range
a toe-to-toe confrontation over the new policy
Examples of toe-to-toe in a Sentence
mom-and-pop grocery stores are usually wildly outmatched when they go toe-to-toe with large chain stores
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Marques has plenty of others to go to toe-to-toe with too in the world of digital decoration.
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Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 26 July 2025
When the Eagles got back on the Super Bowl stage to go toe-to-toe with the Kansas City Chiefs, Hurts and his team got their payback.
—Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
In addition to working with such acting greats as Macchio and Ming-Na Wen, Wang needed to wrap his head around the idea of going toe-to-toe with the martial arts legend who just so happened to be his hero growing up.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Young will be an adversary for Dr. Wolf (Zachary Quinto), and the two will go toe-to-toe throughout this season.
—Leia Mendoza, Variety, 14 July 2025
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Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 26 July 2025
When the Eagles got back on the Super Bowl stage to go toe-to-toe with the Kansas City Chiefs, Hurts and his team got their payback.
—Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 July 2025
In addition to working with such acting greats as Macchio and Ming-Na Wen, Wang needed to wrap his head around the idea of going toe-to-toe with the martial arts legend who just so happened to be his hero growing up.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
Young will be an adversary for Dr. Wolf (Zachary Quinto), and the two will go toe-to-toe throughout this season.
—Leia Mendoza, Variety, 14 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for toe-to-toe
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“Toe-to-toe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toe-to-toe. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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