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Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:35 am meaning of "face off"

Hi, I ran into this sentence He faced off with his boss Could you tell me the meaning of this expression, please? Thanks ! _________________ Alex A native speaker of Russian

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Thu Mar 13, 2008 10:03 am meaning of "face off"

If two people or two groups face off, they disagree about something and start to fight or oppose each other.

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