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One-on-one

adj, adv, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Involving direct communication or competition between two people. Australia, Canada, US, not-comparable

    "Such one-on-one “swearing contests” are routinely decided in favor of law enforcement officers, but in this case the district court sided with the accused bank robber."

  2. 2
    Involving one attacker and one defender. not-comparable

    "After several near misses, Van Persie finally reached three figures by turning in Walcott's cross before Jaaskelainen saved from Walcott when one-on-one."

  3. 3
    bijective or injective not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    being a system of play in which an individual defensive player guards an individual offensive player wordnet
  2. 2
    directly between two individuals wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    In a one-on-one manner. not-comparable

    "He was willing to go one-on-one with the District Attorney himself."

Adverb
  1. 1
    (of two persons) in direct encounter wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A contest involving only one player on each side, especially of an activity often involving teams. countable, uncountable

    "Why don't we play a little one-on-one until the others show up."

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