noun
- Plastic surgery to remove wrinkles and other signs of aging from your face; an incision is made near the hair line and skin is pulled back and excess tissue is excised.
- usage: "some actresses have more than one face lift"
- synonyms: face lift, facelift, lift, face lifting, cosmetic surgery, rhytidectomy, rhytidoplasty
adjective
- Inconclusive as to outcome; close or just even in a race or comparison or competition.
- usage: "as they approached the finish line they were neck and neck"; "the election was a nip and tuck affair"
- synonyms: neck and neck, head-to-head
adverb
- Even or close in a race or competition or comparison.
- usage: "the horses ran neck and neck"; "he won nip and tuck"
- synonyms: neck and neck, head-to-head
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