face-off

See also: faceoff and face off

English

1889, face +‎ off.

face-off (plural face-offs)

A confrontation or argument between two people or groups
It's unclear which side will win the latest face-off between the President and Congress.
- 2012 May 31, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Review: Snow White And The Huntsman”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎:
  Huntsman starts out with a vision of Theron that’s specific, unique, and weighted in character, but it trends throughout toward generic fantasy tropes and black-and-white morality, and climaxes in a thoroughly familiar face-off.
(ice hockey) The start of play, when two players try to get control of the puck dropped by the referee

confrontation or argument between two people or groups

Japanese: 対決 (たいけつ, taiketsu)
Russian: конфронта́ция (ru) f (konfrontácija), противостоя́ние (ru) n (protivostojánije), противобо́рство (ru) n (protivobórstvo)

start of play in Ice Hockey etc.

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