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Examples of Mexican standoff in a Sentence
in the battle over bedtime the parents and their son are at a Mexican standoff
Recent Examples on the Web
This is going to be a Mexican standoff relationship.
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Nick Romano, EW.com, 20 Oct. 2022
Ahmet Şık, a former journalist and an opposition MP, likened the situation to a Mexican standoff, a confrontation in which no strategy exists that allows any party to achieve victory.
—Guney Yildiz, Forbes, 24 May 2021
Nick Romano, EW.com, 20 Oct. 2022
Ahmet Şık, a former journalist and an opposition MP, likened the situation to a Mexican standoff, a confrontation in which no strategy exists that allows any party to achieve victory.
—Guney Yildiz, Forbes, 24 May 2021
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Word History
First Known Use
1876, in the meaning defined above
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“Mexican standoff.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Mexican%20standoff. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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