TOE-TO-TOE
Meaning of TOE-TO-TOE in English
Function: adjective or adverb
Date: circa 1942
: slugging it out at or as if at close range <a toe-to-toe confrontation over the new policy>
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.
Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.
2012