Meaning of mano a mano | Babel Free

Definitions

A head-on conflict or direct competition.

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Examples

“The public debate became a heated mano a mano between the two leading candidates.”

“Hemingway's subject for the epilogue was the mano a mano (or hand-to-hand, a duel) between Spain's two leading matadors, Luis Miguel Dominguin and his brother-in-law, Antonio Ordonez.”

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