HyperDic: mexican_standoff

English > 1 sense of the expression Mexican standoff:
NOUNstateMexican standoffa situation in which no one can emerge as a clear winner
English > Mexican standoff: 1 sense > noun 1, state
MeaningA situation in which no one can emerge as a clear winner.
BroadersituationA complex or critical or unusual difficulty

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