as in face-to-face
in direct confrontation or competition
bragged that no one could go one-on-one with her in a game of darts and win
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for one-on-one
Adverb
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Private communications may have to be face-to-face.—
Mark Mondier,
Arkansas Online,
19 Oct. 2025 -
Economic deals were again dangled, and – crucially – there was an agreement for a second face-to-face presidential summit, this time in Budapest, Hungary, where ending the Ukraine war could once more be discussed, if not agreed.—
Matthew Chance,
CNN Money,
17 Oct. 2025
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The Milwaukee Brewers will be going head-to-head against the reigning World Series Champion Los Angeles Dodgers in the hunt for the 2025 National League Pennant.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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Mission Viejo received the vote because my value of head-to-head results and the Diablos’ schedule.—
Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
13 Oct. 2025
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In the new study, led by Jeffrey Andrews-Hanna, a planetary scientist at the University of Arizona, researchers suggest that the oblong shape of the basin isn't from a head-on collision with an asteroid coming from the south, as previously believed.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
16 Oct. 2025
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Instead, if Chris faces this whole thing head-on, people will respect her for it.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
15 Oct. 2025
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“One-on-one.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/one-on-one. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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