head-to-head

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Please show me a lawyer who wants to go head-to-head with Apple, Google or Amazon on a case like this on "no win no fee" terms.

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Quick take

involving two persons; intimately private; "a tete-a-tete supper"; "a head-to-head conversation"

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adjective

involving two persons; intimately private; "a tete-a-tete supper"; "a head-to-head conversation"

adjective

inconclusive as to outcome; close or just even in a race or comparison or competition; "as they approached the finish line they were neck and neck"; "the election was a nip and tuck affair"

adverb

even or close in a race or competition or comparison; "the horses ran neck and neck"; "he won nip and tuck"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for head-to-head.

adjective

involving two persons; intimately private; "a tete-a-tete supper"; "a head-to-head conversation"

adjective

inconclusive as to outcome; close or just even in a race or comparison or competition; "as they approached the finish line they were neck and neck"; "the election was a nip and tuck affair"

adverb

even or close in a race or competition or comparison; "the horses ran neck and neck"; "he won nip and tuck"

Example sentences

Please show me a lawyer who wants to go head-to-head with Apple, Google or Amazon on a case like this on "no win no fee" terms.

Going head-to-head with OS X as a one-person project is insanely ambitious, but who cares?

This is a real problem for us amateur coders who enjoy hacking but don't necessarily have the chops to go head-to-head with the serious guys.

I haven't done a careful head-to-head comparison, but it wouldn't surprise me if it was somewhat faster than leveldb for many workloads.

The first VC-funded company I worked at/cofounded was derailed by a crazy, VC-instigated decision to build out a CDN to go head-to-head with Akamai.

Data reigns supreme at Amazon, particularly head-to-head tests of customers reactions to different features or site designs.

Moreover, given that SpaceX and Boeing are going to head-to-head, it is likely that Musk/SpaceX has now made a fairly detailed study of Boeing's batteries to make their case in subsequent competitive launch bids.