1. Start a game by a face-off
   - bully off

1. A hostile disagreement face-to-face
   - confrontation, encounter, showdown 
2. (ice hockey) the method of starting play; a referee drops the puck between two opposing players

Derived forms: faced off, faces off, face-offs, facing off

See also: face

Type of: beginning, commencement, disagreement, play, start

Part of: hockey, hockey game, ice hockey

Encyclopedia: Face-off

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