face-off

• faceoff, face off

1889, face +‎ off.

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfeɪsˌɑf/

face-off (plural face-offs)

1. A confrontation or argument between two people or groups

   It's unclear which side will win the latest face-off between the President and Congress.

   • 2012 May 31, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Review: Snow White And The Huntsman”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1]:

     Huntsman starts out with a vision of Theron that’s specific, unique, and weighted in character, but it trends throughout toward generic fantasy tropes and black-and-white morality, and climaxes in a thoroughly familiar face-off.

2. (ice hockey) The start of play, when two players try to get control of the puck dropped by the referee