dead heat
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dead heat
noun
plural
dead heats
dead heat
noun
plural
dead heats
Britannica Dictionary definition of DEAD HEAT
[count]
:
a contest in which two or more competitors earn the same score or finish at the same time
— usually singular
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The two horses finished in a dead heat.
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The election poll showed a statistical dead heat. [=showed that the two candidates were equally popular]
