Usually means: Direct, personal confrontation or competition.
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We found 18 dictionaries that define the word mano a mano:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. mano a mano: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. mano a mano: Merriam-Webster
  3. mano a mano: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. mano a mano: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. mano-a-mano: Wordnik
  6. mano a mano: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. mano-a-mano, mano a mano: Wiktionary
  8. mano a mano: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. mano a mano: Dictionary.com
  10. mano a mano: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. Mano a Mano: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. mano a mano: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  13. mano a mano: Foreign Words and Phrases
  14. mano a mano: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. mano-a-mano: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. mano a mano: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (mano a mano)

noun:  A head-on conflict or direct competition.
adjective:  in close confrontation
adverb:  Characterized by head-to-head competition or conflict.

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