Meaning of neck and neck | Babel Free

Definitions

Very close in progress, as in a race or a contest.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“The polls suggest⟳ that the candidates were neck and neck in the election.”

“It lay⟳ between me and Dick Riot madam; we were neck and neck for three miles, as hard as we could lay⟳ leg to ground, and running every inch, but at the first, I felt for him, found I had the foot […]”

“Mr. Prendergast's Rainbow filly, watched closely by Paul Jones, took the lead⟳, and they ran almost neck and neck until near the cords, when Paul Jones made a rush⟳, and came home by a length.”

“[...] Mr. M. N. Rollason points out that on four-track lines on which the fast lines, in the centre, are flanked by the slow lines, and running at speed⟳ is permissible on all four, the traveller can enjoy⟳ some quite exciting experiences when trains are doing a "neck-and-neck" on adjacent lines.”

“Passing Iver, W.R. 4-6-0 No. 1012 County of Denbigh on the up "Capitals United Express⟳" runs neck-and-neck with a parcels train⟳ headed by 4-6-0 No. 6821 Leaton Grange.”

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