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MEXICAN STANDOFF
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Mexican standoff mean?
• MEXICAN STANDOFF (noun)
The noun MEXICAN STANDOFF has 1 sense:
1. a situation in which no one can emerge as a clear winner
Familiarity information: MEXICAN STANDOFF used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A situation in which no one can emerge as a clear winner
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("Mexican standoff" is a kind of...):
situation (a complex or critical or unusual difficulty)
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"Wit is folly unless a wise man hath the keeping of it." (Arabic proverb)
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