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FACE OFF

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

IPA (US): 

 Dictionary entry overview: What does face off mean? 

FACE OFF (verb)
  The verb FACE OFF has 1 sense:

1. start a game by a face-offplay

  Familiarity information: FACE OFF used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FACE OFF (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Start a game by a face-off

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Synonyms:

bully off; face off

Hypernyms (to "face off" is one way to...):

play (participate in games or sport)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

face-off ((ice hockey) the method of starting play; a referee drops the puck between two opposing players)


 Context examples 


Get up, little chappie, and take your face off my boots.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"Some day I'll beat the face off of him," was the way he often consoled himself for enduring the man's existence.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)



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