face off
English edit
Noun edit
- (sports, chiefly ice hockey) The starting point in a match of ice hockey, where two players face each other to snatch the puck.
- (literal or figurative) A face-to-face confrontation, especially a bitter one.
Verb edit
face off (third-person singular simple present faces off, present participle facing off, simple past and past participle faced off)
- (intransitive) To confront (each other).
- 2009 February 22, Ruaridh Nicoll, “Behind the demise”, in The Observer:
- When Bank of Scotland and RBS faced off in that epic battle for NatWest ...
References edit
- face off at The Free Dictionary