nip and tuck

[nip and tuck] {adj. or adv.}, {informal} Evenly matched; hard fought to the finish.

* /The game was nip and tuck until the last minute./

* /A was a nip and tuck race right to the finish line./

* /The two salesmen fought nip and tuck for the contract all the way./

Compare: NECK AND NECK.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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