mano a manonoun [ C ]
uk/ˌmæn.əʊ ə ˈmæn.əʊ/us/ˌmɑː.noʊ ɑː ˈmɑː.noʊ/mainly USa bullfight (= fight between men and male cows) in which two people each fight several bulls
a competition, argument, or fight between two people:
a mano a mano between the two presidential candidates
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Spectacles & performances
- act
- amateur dramatics
- amateur theater
- barnstorm
- bullfight
- co-production
- command performance
- curtain-raiser
- double bill
- performance
- performance art
- premiere
- Punch and Judy show
- pyrotechnics
- spot
- tableau
- talent contest
- tattoo
- theatricals
- variety
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Arguing & disagreeing
mano a manoadverb
uk/ˌmæn.əʊ ə ˈmæn.əʊ/us/ˌmɑː.noʊ ɑː ˈmɑː.noʊ/If someone goes mano a mano with someone else, they compete, argue, or fight:
A loudmouthed woman was going mano a mano with some officials.
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Fighting
- a fight to the finish idiom
- bloodless
- bloodletting
- brawl
- combat
- counterinsurgency
- disturbance
- dust-up
- engagement
- fighting
- fistfight
- fisticuffs
- fray
- he who fights and runs away, lives to fight another day idiom
- hotspot
- last
- pick
- shoot
- slug
- slug it out idiom
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