cut heads
v.— «When it comes to slide guitar, he can cut heads with any guitar-slinger on the range.» —“Blues guitarist Rogers masterful, imaginative” by Dave Tianen Milwaukee Sentinel (Wisc.) Oct. 30, 1991. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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