"eye-to-eye" meaning in All languages combined

See eye-to-eye on Wiktionary

Adverb [English]

Forms: more eye-to-eye [comparative], most eye-to-eye [superlative], eye to eye [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-adv}} eye-to-eye (comparative more eye-to-eye, superlative most eye-to-eye)
  1. Facing the person under discussion. Translations (facing the person under discussion): во четири очи (vo četiri oči) (Macedonian), oko w oko (Polish), öga mot öga (Swedish)

Alternative forms

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