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faces off

faces off is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 faces off

What is faces off the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Faces off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of face off.

Words near faces off in the dictionary

  1. faces like fiddles
  2. faces like smacked arses
  3. faces like smacked asses
  4. faces like smacked bums
  5. faces like thunder
  6. faces off
  7. faces only a mother could love
  8. faces out
  9. FACES syndrome
  10. faces that only a mother could love
  11. faces that would stop a clock

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