neck and neck

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neck and neck

Fig. exactly even, especially in a race or a contest. John and Tom finished the race neck and neck. Mary and Ann were neck and neck in the spelling contest. Their scores were tied.

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Half-way down, it was kind of neck and neck, and anybody's race and nobody's. A Horse's Tale by Twain, Mark View in context We kept on neck and neck almost to the finish, when I won the race by going personally to give notice in the forenoon; whereas Hermann, who was very slow in making up his mind to go ashore, did not get to the agents' office till late in the day. Falk - A Reminiscence by Conrad, Joseph View in context As he spoke he laid his whip about his horses' shoulders and called to the Trojans throughout their ranks; the Trojans shouted with a cry that rent the air, and kept their horses neck and neck with his own. The Iliad by Homer View in context			narrow narrow down narrow squeak nasty natural natural-born nature Nature abhors a vacuum nature stop naught nause out near near and dear to near at hand nearer the church, the farther from God nearest and dearest nearly nearly fall off chair nearly jump out of skin neat as a pin necessary necessity Necessity is the mother of invention Necessity knows no law neck neck and neck neck of the woods neck with need need doing need head examined need I remind you that need I say more Need I say more? need like a hole in the head need yesterday needle needle about needless to say needs needs must Needs must when the devil drives neglect to do negotiate neighbor neighbor on neither Neither a borrower nor a lender be Neither can I neither does neither fish nor fowl			Nechmetawaj Nechmetawaj Necho Necho Necho II Necho, Pharaoh NECHP NECHPI NECHPS Nechropolis Nechropolis NECHS Nechui-Levitskii, Ivan Nechui-Levitskii, Ivan Semenovich NECI NECIA NECIL NECINA Necip Fazil Kisakurek Necip Fazil Kisakürek NECIS NECJOGHA neck neck neck neck neck Neck & Neck Neck and crop Neck and heels neck and neck Neck Armor Protective Enhancement neck band neck band neck band Neck Beard Neck Beard Neck Beard Neck Beard neck bone neck brace neck brace neck brace neck brace Neck Brace Art Appreciation Klub neck breadth neck chain neck chain neck chain neck collar neck collar neck collar Neck compression Neck Contouring Neck Cracker Neuropathy neck cradle neck cradle neck cradle neck cradle neck crest neck crest

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