DEAD HEAT


Meaning of DEAD HEAT in English

(~s)

If a race or contest is a ~, two or more competitors are joint winners, or are both winning at a particular moment in the race or contest. In American English, you can say that a race or contest is in a ~.

The race ended in a ~ between two horses...

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