face-off
See also: faceoff and face off
English
Etymology
1889, face + off.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈfeɪsˌɑf/
Noun
face-off (plural face-offs)
- A confrontation or argument between two people or groups
- It's unclear which side will win the latest face-off between the President and Congress.
- 2012 May 31, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Review: Snow White And The Huntsman”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
- Huntsman starts out with a vision of Theron that’s specific, unique, and weighted in character, but it trends throughout toward generic fantasy tropes and black-and-white morality, and climaxes in a thoroughly familiar face-off.
- (ice hockey) The start of play, when two players try to get control of the puck dropped by the referee
Translations
confrontation or argument between two people or groups
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start of play in Ice Hockey etc.
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