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View synonyms for eyeball-to-eyeball

eyeball-to-eyeball

[ ahy-bawl-tuh-ahy-bawl, -too- ]

adjective

  1. close or direct and often hostile; face-to-face:

    an eyeball-to-eyeball confrontation.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of eyeball-to-eyeball1

First recorded in 1960–65
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Idioms and Phrases

Face to face; especially, about to begin a conflict. For example, We are eyeball to eyeball with the enemy , or In the playoffs we go eyeball to eyeball with the Yankees , or In the first debate our candidate's going eyeball to eyeball with his opponent . This term was originally used only in a military context but later entered civilian language, particularly in political or sports confrontations. [ Colloquial ; c. 1950]

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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