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MEXICAN STANDOFF

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• 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.

• MEXICAN STANDOFF (noun)

Sense 1

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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)

"It takes two to lie, one to lie and one to listen."
(English proverb)
"Money does not choose the people."
(Albanian proverb)
"Arrogance diminishes wisdom."
(Arabic proverb)
"Lovers and lords want only to be alone together."
(Corsican proverb)

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