close-runadjective
uk/ˌkləʊsˈrʌn/us/ˌkloʊsˈrʌn/UKwon or decided by a very small distance, or number of points, votes, etc.:
a close-run competition/contest/decision/race
It was a close-run thing and Millar had to endure a five-minute wait before the judges decided that he had won.
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Competing and contending (non-sporting)
- cat
- challenge
- competitive
- contend
- contender
- contest
- contestant
- dog-eat-dog
- entry
- go in for sth
- jockey
- pit sb/sth against sb/sth
- pit your wits against sb/sth idiom
- play cat and mouse idiom
- play sb/sth off against sb/sth
- race
- rival
- rivalry
- scramble
- square
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