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SHOWDOWN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does showdown mean?
• SHOWDOWN (noun)
The noun SHOWDOWN has 1 sense:
1. a hostile disagreement face-to-face
Familiarity information: SHOWDOWN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A hostile disagreement face-to-face
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
confrontation; encounter; face-off; showdown
Hypernyms ("showdown" is a kind of...):
disagreement (the speech act of disagreeing or arguing or disputing)
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