Meanings
verbface off (third-person singular simple present faces off, present participle facing off, simple past and past participle faced off)
present singular third person faces off · participle present facing off · participle past faced off · past faced off
- intransitiveTo 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
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