Just about equal, very close: “They were both fast runners and it was ________ all the way.”
| NIP AND TUCK | 427 |
| NECK AND NECK | 319 |
| TOUCH AND GO | 57 |
| TIE | 43 |
| CLOSE | 40 |
| TIT FOR TAT | 26 |
| TIGHT | 23 |
| EVEN | 22 |
| EVEN-STEVEN | 21 |
| CLOSE RACE | 17 |
| NECK TO NECK | 16 |
| DEAD HEAT | 15 |
| NR | 13 |
| DRAW | 11 |
| NICK AND TUCK | 9 |
| ALMOST A TIE | 7 |
| NIPPITY-TUCK | 7 |
| TIGHT RACE | 7 |
| CLOSE TIE | 6 |
| NOSE TO NOSE | 6 |
| CLOSE CALL | 5 |
| TOSS-UP | 5 |
| ABOUT THE SAME | 4 |
| EVEN-EVEN | 4 |
| HEAD AND HEAD | 4 |
| EVEN-UP | 3 |
| FIFTY-FIFTY | 3 |
| HEAD TO HEAD | 3 |
| NOSE AND NOSE | 3 |
| SIDE BY SIDE | 3 |
| SIX OF ONE AND HALF A DOZEN OF THE OTHER | 3 |
| TOE TO TOE | 3 |
| CLOSE FINISH | 2 |
| GIVE AND TAKE | 2 |
| HAND IN HAND | 2 |
| HORSE RACE | 2 |
| JUST ABOUT A TIE | 2 |
| NICK AND NICK | 2 |
| NICKETY-TUCK | 2 |
| PRETTY EVEN | 2 |
| SHOULDER TO SHOULDER | 2 |
| TIED | 2 |
| WHICH AND T’OTHER | 2 |
| ABOUT AN INCH DIFFERENCE | 1 |
| ABOUT EVEN | 1 |
| ALL THE SAME | 1 |
| ALMOST A DRAW | 1 |
| ALMOST NOSE TO NOSE | 1 |
| ANYBODY’S GUESS | 1 |
| BOTH EVEN | 1 |
| BY A NOSE | 1 |
| CLOSE GOING | 1 |
| CLOSE ONE | 1 |
| CLOSE SHAVE | 1 |
| CLOSE THING | 1 |
| CLOSE-UP | 1 |
| DOWN TO THE WIRE | 1 |
| EQUAL SQUEEZE | 1 |
| EVEN MATCH | 1 |
| EVEN RACE | 1 |
| EVEN-AND-EVEN | 1 |
| EVENLY MATCHED | 1 |
| EXCITING | 1 |
| FAST AND GO | 1 |
| GUESS | 1 |
| HAIR LASH | 1 |
| HALF-AND-HALF | 1 |
| HAND AND GLOVE | 1 |
| HEAD AND SHOULDERS | 1 |
| HEE-O-HEE | 1 |
| HOT ONE | 1 |
| ICKITY-ICK | 1 |
| ICKY-ICKY | 1 |
| JUST ABOUT EVEN | 1 |
| KEEN COMPETITION | 1 |
| LEG FOR LEG | 1 |
| LICK AND SPLIT | 1 |
| NECK AND SHOULDERS | 1 |
| NICK AND NACK | 1 |
| NICK AND TUP | 1 |
| NICK OR TUCK | 1 |
| NIP AND FRIZZLE | 1 |
| NIP AND GO | 1 |
| NIP OR TUCK | 1 |
| ON A PAR | 1 |
| PHOTO-FINISH | 1 |
| QUITE CLOSE | 1 |
| RACE TO THE FINISH | 1 |
| RISK | 1 |
| RUN TO THE FINISH | 1 |
| SAME | 1 |
| SEESAW BATTLE | 1 |
| SHADE OF DIFFERENCE | 1 |
| SHOULDER | 1 |
| SIDE AND SIDE | 1 |
| “SIX OF ONE, HALF A DOZEN OF THE OTHER” | 1 |
| SIX TO AND EVEN | 1 |
| SNUG TOGETHER | 1 |
| SO-GOOD AND SO-GOOD | 1 |
| SQUEAKER | 1 |
| STAND-OFF | 1 |
| STEVEN-EVEN | 1 |
| STRIDE BY STRIDE | 1 |
| THEY WAS GOOD MATCHES | 1 |
| TIE-TIE | 1 |
| TIE-UP | 1 |
| TIGHT SQUEEZE | 1 |
| TIT AND TAT | 1 |
| TIT-TAT | 1 |
| TIT-TAT TO GO | 1 |
| TO A TIE | 1 |
| TUG AND GO | 1 |
| TUG TO TUG | 1 |
| UNDECIDED | 1 |
| VERY CLOSE | 1 |
| VERY EVEN | 1 |
| WELL-MATCHED | 1 |
| WHAT AND WHAT | 1 |
| WHEEDLE-DE-CUT | 1 |
| WHITTLEDYCUT | 1 |
| WHO SHALL AND WHO SHAN’T | 1 |
| “WHO SHALL, WHO SHAN’T” | 1 |
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