nip and tuck betydelse and definition

Betydelse av nip and tuck på svenska

• 0 If a competition is nip and tuck, first one side seems to be winning and then the other, so that the result is not certain:

  • It was nip and tuck as to who would win the playoffs.

  • For several months it was nip and tuck, but we managed to pull the company out of bankruptcy.

• 1 in a situation in which one side seems to be winning and then the other, so that the result is uncertain:

  • The election was nip and tuck at first, but then Roberts pulled ahead and won.