one-on-one

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one-on-one

adjective

Australia, Canada, US, not comparable Involving direct communication or competition between two people. Such one-on-one “swearing contests” are routinely decided in favor of law enforcement officers, but in this case the district court sided with the accused bank robber.
not comparable Involving one attacker and one defender. After several near misses, Van Persie finally reached three figures by turning in Walcott's cross before Jaaskelainen saved from Walcott when one-on-one.
not comparable bijective or injective

Similar: one-to-one

adverb

not comparable In a one-on-one manner. He was willing to go one-on-one with the District Attorney himself.

noun one-on-ones

countable, uncountable A contest involving only one player on each side, especially of an activity often involving teams. Why don't we play a little one-on-one until the others show up.
Similar: triple O

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@misc{one_on_one_2026,
  title = {one-on-one},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/one-on-one},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}