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Definition of mano a mano in English: mano a manoadjective & adverb ˌmanəʊ a ˈmanəʊˌmɑːnəʊ ə ˈmɑːnəʊˌmänō ä ˈmänō US informal Head-to-head; one-to-one. as adverb they want to settle this mano a mano as adjective the exhilaration of the mano-a-mano battle Example sentencesExamples - Akiko and Hashio get to settle an old-time lovers' feud mano-a-mano.
- The way we should elect our President is by having a mano-a-mano contest of skill.
- Fortunately, the film's centerpieces, the two mano-a-mano confrontations between Tommy Lee Jones and Benicio Del Toro, are stunning.
- A masterful bunter who navigated the bases with aplomb, Carew studied pitchers as if they were textbooks, looking for any advantage he might use in mano a mano confrontations.
- Let's hope he's right, and that the mano-a-mano matches produce a boffo finish.
- Just as he's able to bring unquestioned muscle to visualizing an epic, Scott has primal, mano a mano conflict down pat.
- Goldberg played the Jewish GI in Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan who has the agonizing and fatal mano a mano battle with the Nazi soldier.
- This will take bodybuilding into a combative mano-a-mano arena never before seen.
- That's where we left them, with Ronnie winning his seventh Mr. Olympia on the final mano a mano challenge, and Jay consigned to a close second for the third time.
- Sam Raimi loses a little of the film's momentum when the special-effects team takes over, and the story degenerates into a succession of mano-a-mano encounters between Spider-Man and the Green Goblin.
- Even when you locate the commander, it won't always be a mano a mano match.
- Of course there's the end scene where the villain and the hero have a nice little mano-a-mano fight to the death.
- This is not some private mano a mano battle.
- The time has come for Calgary's business community to compete with Toronto mano a mano.
- But at the end of the day, what truly makes the NFL so much more popular than its rival sports is the violence and mano-a-mano confrontations on which it's based.
- Now, a mano a mano struggle between the two giants is under way.
- Secondly, most of the story of Gladiator centred around mano a mano confrontations of one sort or another.
- Who could race mano a mano with The King or The Silver Fox?
- Had he shrunk himself down to the size of a cell and injected himself into sick patients' bodies, to battle mano-a-mano with their disease-causing microbes?
noun ˌmanəʊ a ˈmanəʊˌmɑːnəʊ ə ˈmɑːnəʊˌmänō ä ˈmänō US informal An intense confrontation, contest, or fight between two adversaries. a real courtroom mano-a-mano Example sentencesExamples - A day before their mano-a-mano in Miami, they appear to have a lot in common.
- Would he care to desist his blathering on what is clearly an unfair system, and step outside and settle this mano-a-mano?
- Everything seemed to indicate that a continued confrontation in mano-a-manos was going to take place between these two superstars.
- When they separate at the climax for their mano-a-manos, it's hard to care about Chan, whose conclusion is foregone, and you keep waiting for Wilson to come back on screen, because at least he offers a couple of surprises in his weirded-out line deliveries.
Synonyms affair of honour, mano-a-mano, single combat
OriginSpanish, literally 'hand-to-hand'. Definition of mano a mano in US English: mano a manoadjective & adverbˌmänō ä ˈmänō US informal (of combat or competition) hand-to-hand. as adverb they want to settle this mano a mano as adjective the exhilaration of the mano-a-mano battle Example sentencesExamples - Just as he's able to bring unquestioned muscle to visualizing an epic, Scott has primal, mano a mano conflict down pat.
- The time has come for Calgary's business community to compete with Toronto mano a mano.
- That's where we left them, with Ronnie winning his seventh Mr. Olympia on the final mano a mano challenge, and Jay consigned to a close second for the third time.
- Goldberg played the Jewish GI in Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan who has the agonizing and fatal mano a mano battle with the Nazi soldier.
- But at the end of the day, what truly makes the NFL so much more popular than its rival sports is the violence and mano-a-mano confrontations on which it's based.
- Sam Raimi loses a little of the film's momentum when the special-effects team takes over, and the story degenerates into a succession of mano-a-mano encounters between Spider-Man and the Green Goblin.
- This will take bodybuilding into a combative mano-a-mano arena never before seen.
- Secondly, most of the story of Gladiator centred around mano a mano confrontations of one sort or another.
- Let's hope he's right, and that the mano-a-mano matches produce a boffo finish.
- This is not some private mano a mano battle.
- A masterful bunter who navigated the bases with aplomb, Carew studied pitchers as if they were textbooks, looking for any advantage he might use in mano a mano confrontations.
- The way we should elect our President is by having a mano-a-mano contest of skill.
- Akiko and Hashio get to settle an old-time lovers' feud mano-a-mano.
- Who could race mano a mano with The King or The Silver Fox?
- Now, a mano a mano struggle between the two giants is under way.
- Had he shrunk himself down to the size of a cell and injected himself into sick patients' bodies, to battle mano-a-mano with their disease-causing microbes?
- Fortunately, the film's centerpieces, the two mano-a-mano confrontations between Tommy Lee Jones and Benicio Del Toro, are stunning.
- Of course there's the end scene where the villain and the hero have a nice little mano-a-mano fight to the death.
- Even when you locate the commander, it won't always be a mano a mano match.
nounˌmänō ä ˈmänō US informal An intense confrontation, contest, or fight between two adversaries. a real courtroom mano-a-mano Example sentencesExamples - Would he care to desist his blathering on what is clearly an unfair system, and step outside and settle this mano-a-mano?
- Everything seemed to indicate that a continued confrontation in mano-a-manos was going to take place between these two superstars.
- A day before their mano-a-mano in Miami, they appear to have a lot in common.
- When they separate at the climax for their mano-a-manos, it's hard to care about Chan, whose conclusion is foregone, and you keep waiting for Wilson to come back on screen, because at least he offers a couple of surprises in his weirded-out line deliveries.
Synonyms affair of honour, mano-a-mano, single combat
OriginSpanish, literally ‘hand-to-hand’. |