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pairing off

pairing off is the present participle and gerund of pair off.

Meaning of pair off

Verb

pair off (third-person singular simple present pairs off, present participle pairing off, simple past and past participle paired off)

  1. (intransitive) To separate into groups of two.
  2. (transitive) To join two people into a relationship.
  3. (dated, intransitive) To agree with one of the opposite party or opinion to abstain from voting on specified questions or issues.

Questions about pairing off

What is pairing off the present participle and gerund of?
Pairing off is the present participle and gerund of pair off.

Words near pairing off in the dictionary

  1. pairing and sharing
  2. pairing energies
  3. pairing energy
  4. pairing function
  5. pairing functions
  6. pairing off
  7. pairing time
  8. pairing times
  9. pairing up
  10. pairings
  11. pairle

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pairing off (page history and authors); pair off (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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