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mano a mano
noun
a one-on-one confrontation US, 1968
Made quite famous in the US by Colonel Oliver North during the moral collapse of the Reagan presidency, the Iran-Contra debacle of 1986–87. Adapted from bull-fighting, where the term refers to a competition between two matadors and two or more bulls each.- Halfway down the grade into Sausalito, Harvey had had this mano a mano with a Langendorf bread truck he was sure had his number on it. — Cyra McFadden, The Serial, p. 102, 1977
- The letter called up visions of heavy sport on the high seas, mano a mano with giant sailfish and world-record marlin. — Hunter S. Thompson, The Great Shark Hunt, p. 492, 1979
- Mano a mano. No–more like High Noon. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. — Elmore Leonard, City Primeval, p. 119, 1980
- North did issue a crowd-pleasing challenge to terrorist Abu Nidal to meet anywhere, anytime and on equal terms–mano a mano. — Los Angeles Times, p. 6 (Calendar), 11 July 1987
- In the mano a mano, as you know from reading your books, each matador fights three bulls alternating. — Odie Hawkins, The Life and Times of Chester Simmons, pp. 23–24, 1991
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