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faced off

faced off is the simple past and past participle of face off.

Meaning of face off

Verb

face off (third-person singular simple present faces off, present participle facing off, simple past and past participle faced off)

  1. (intransitive) To confront (each other).
    • When Bank of Scotland and RBS faced off in that epic battle for NatWest ...2009 February 22, Ruaridh Nicoll, “Behind the demise”, in The Observer

Questions about faced off

What is faced off the simple past and past participle of?
Faced off is the simple past and past participle of face off.

Words near faced off in the dictionary

  1. facecrime
  2. facecrimes
  3. faced
  4. faced down
  5. faced facts
  6. faced off
  7. faced out
  8. faced the facts
  9. faced the music
  10. faced up
  11. faced up to

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