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standoff
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of STANDOFF
1
a situation in which neither participant in a contest, competition, or struggle comes out ahead of the other <after two hours they had played to a 5–5 standoff>
2
a point in a struggle where neither side is capable of winning or willing to give in <the standoff continued for three days before the fugitive gave himself up to the authorities>
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