| 单词 | to go head-to-head |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto go head-to-head b. figurative (originally U.S.). In direct competition, rivalry, or conflict. Now chiefly in to go head-to-head: to compete directly.rare before mid 20th cent. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > [adverb] > manner of competition head-to-head1851 tightly1883 mano a mano1973 1851 Louisville (Kentucky) Daily Jrnl. 19 July 2/1 Mr. Merriweather..called a meeting for himself..and made a speech there... He shrinks from an encounter before the Louisville public hand to hand, or rather head to head, with his powerful antagonist. 1960 Lima (Ohio) News 6 Mar. b5/9 Neither Sen. Ross Pepple nor his primary opponent, Attorney A. Marshall Rodgers, have yet come head-to-head on issues. 1975 W. Ivey in B. C. Malone & J. McCulloh Stars of Country Music 276 Sholes, then a field A&R man for RCA, was seeking a country artist to compete head-to-head with Merle Travis. 1990 P. Auster Music of Chance ii. 33 That's what I want to do. Build up enough cash to buy into that game and go head to head with the best. 2011 Sunday Times (Nexis) 31 July (Business section) 3 Tesco and Sainsbury's went head to head this weekend with aggressive drives to tempt..consumers into their shops. < as lemmas |
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