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What does nail-biting mean?

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Adjective
  1. That causes nervous anticipation or suspense
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Worthy of comparison to the best Hitchcock films, it ends in nail-biting devastation.
As they advance through the playoffs, the basketball staff looks forward to a nail-biting final between the two teams.
You might think of it as a pilgrimage to the site of the fabulous Vancouver Winter Games and our nail-biting hockey victory.
The quarter and semi-finals will then be held in London and will culminate in the nail-biting national final.
A nail-biting final ten minutes saw both tiring sides slugging it out in the middle of the pitch for supremacy.
The climax, with all its moments of high drama and nail-biting tension, is classic adventure story stuff.

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