Meaning of toe to toe | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Positioned facing another, with the toes touching.
   not-comparable
2. At the same level as someone else.
   figuratively, not-comparable
3. Against, in direct opposition.
   not-comparable

Examples

“standing toe to toe”

“go toe to toe with someone”

“It would be difficult, for example, to imagine a bigger, more obvious subject for comedy than the laughable self-delusion of washed-up celebrities, especially if the washed-up celebrity in question is Adam West, a camp icon who can go toe to toe with William Shatner as the king of winking self-parody.”

“Mr. Harris said he was confident he could go toe to toe with any skeptic; he bragged that he’d recently schooled some crypto haters from Vice News.”

“It’s a grim stalemate that has taken on the rhythms of a heavyweight title bout, with each side going toe to toe in one of the longest-running battles of the war.”

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