eye-to-eye en · ADV
Meanings
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Facing the person under discussion.
So in time Mother learned to perceive me through the mirror. Even to smile at me. (Not eye-to-eye! Never.)
2001, Joyce Carol Oates, Blonde, page 30:There seemed to be a tacit understanding that the prisoners and the unit supervisor should not look at one another...at least not eye-to-eye.
2002, James D. Truax, The Cake-Eater Conspiracy, page 44:But it does find these two adversaries speaking face to face, if not eye to eye, about the kinds of labor issues that don't often make it to the multiplex.
2005, Emily Schultz, Michael Moore: a biography, page 139:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most eye-to-eye | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more eye-to-eye | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| eye to eye | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (4)
tr göz göze (facing the person under discussion) · pl oko w oko (facing the person under discussion) · sv öga mot öga (facing the person under discussion) · mk во четири очи (facing the person under discussion)