今天读报，发现一个现成的说法： go toe to toe with sb on sth:
Toe-to-toe is a term used in a confrontation. A football team will go toe-to-toe against the opposition.
In a bar, a man will go toe-to-toe with someone over a girl.
It basically means to fight or argue with someone directly.
“Democrats have to stand up and go toe to toe with Republicans on national security“ Monterey County Herald 9/27, 2006, A3
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