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Princeton's WordNet

  1. toe-to-toeadverb

    in close combat or at close quarters

    "they fought toe-to-toe for the nomination"

Wiktionary

  1. toe-to-toeadjective

    Positioned facing another, with the toes touching

  2. toe-to-toeadjective

    against, in opposition.

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  1. toe-to-toe

    Going toe-to-toe with someone refers to engaging directly or confronting someone in a conflict, dispute, or competition. This term, often used in sports, signifies being on an equal level with an opponent and ready to fight or compete without backing down. It is derived from boxing where fighters stand close enough to each other that their toes might touch.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of toe-to-toe in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of toe-to-toe in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of toe-to-toe in a Sentence

  1. The UAW:

    Related ImageExpand / ContractSouth Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley says her state doesn't need unions. ( AP Photo/Rainier Ehrhardt)( The Associated Press) Right-to-work laws mean workers at unionized plants do not have to join the labor organization. Haley, whose efforts have brought major investments from companies including Continental Tire and Boeing, recently went toe-to toe with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, which sought to organize 3,000 workers at an aircraft plant she helped lure in 2011 with a $ 450 million package of tax incentives. The union suspended its effort to organize the Boeing plant after a rocky start. Haley, who said at her January state of the union address that South Carolina has an international reputation for being a state that does n’t want unions, because we don’t need unions, we have been successful in attracting some of the world’s top corporate citizens and paving the way for expansion of the businesses we already have because our right-to-work law strengthens the direct relationship our employers have with employees, Haley said. Our best advice to The UAW is to ask the IAM about how South Carolina workers view unions.

  2. President Obama:

    We may have gone toe-to-toe, but we stood shoulder-to-shoulder on our values, for as much as I admired her in the Senate, I came away from the primary admiring her even more. … I believe in Hillary Clinton. And I want you to help make Hillary Clinton the next president of the United States.

  3. Robert C. Byrd:

    Well, Mr. Secretary, I lived in a house without electricity too. No running water, no telephone...I can stand toe-to-toe with you. in response to Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill

  4. Shannon Watts:

    What didn't exist before Sandy Hook was a grassroots movement that could go toe to toe with the gun movement and win.

  5. Sunny Hostin:

    What I think this country needed to see is that a woman can stand toe-to-toe with Donald Trump on a debate stage and eviscerate him, she gave us that moment. I am clear in my mind that she can him on.


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