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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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.
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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
In the first of his many collaborations with Martin Scorsese, DiCaprio is given the impossible task of going toe-to-toe with one of the greatest actors of all time, Daniel Day-Lewis.
—Derek Lawrence, EW.com, 13 July 2025
The future face of the association went toe-to-toe with the current face's son, Bronny James, and Flagg has the upper hand after their first bout.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 11 July 2025
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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
In the first of his many collaborations with Martin Scorsese, DiCaprio is given the impossible task of going toe-to-toe with one of the greatest actors of all time, Daniel Day-Lewis.
—Derek Lawrence, EW.com, 13 July 2025
The future face of the association went toe-to-toe with the current face's son, Bronny James, and Flagg has the upper hand after their first bout.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 11 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 20 Jul. 2025.
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