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Word forms: plural Mexican stand-offscountable noun [usually singular]A Mexican stand-off is a situation in which neither of the people or groups in a conflict or dispute can win and neither wants to give in first. [US] Mexican stand-off in American Englishnoun informal, sometimes offensive a stalemate or impasse; a confrontation that neither side can win Word origin [1890–95 ]This word is first recorded in the period 1890–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: historicism, neoclassicism, plein-air, pogey, takedown |