eyeball to eyeball
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englisheyeball to eyeballeyeball to eyeballLOOK ATif two people are eyeball to eyeball, they are directly facing each other, especially in an angry or threatening way → eyeballExamples from the Corpuseyeball to eyeball• It walked around a bit and stared at me through the glass, eyeball to eyeball.• You never knew if you were going to come eyeball to eyeball with somebody right then.