face off

1. 1.

   start a game by a face-off

   Synonymsbully off

   Broaderplay

Questions about face off

What does face off mean?

face off means "start a game by a face-off".

What is another word for face off?

Close synonyms include bully off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is face off a common word?

face off is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.