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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tie in a contest |
| Synonyms: | Mexican standoff, blanket finish, draw, even money, neck-and-neck race, photo finish, six of one and half a dozen of the other, standoff, tie, tie game, wash, without a difference |
| Main Entry: | draw |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tie in competition |
| Synonyms: | dead end, dead heat, deadlock, even steven, photo finish, stalemate, standoff, tie |
| Main Entry: | simultaneous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | happening at about the same time |
| Synonyms: | accompanying, agreeing, at the same time, coetaneous, coeval, coexistent, coexisting, coincident, coinciding, concurrent, concurring, contemporaneous, contemporary, dead heat, in sync, synchronal, synchronic, synchronous, with the beat |
| Antonyms: | asynchronous, different, divided, following, preceding, separate |
| Main Entry: | standoff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | draw, tie |
| Synonyms: | Mexican standoff, dead heat, deadlock, drawn battle, even game, impasse, level, stalemate, toss-up, wash |
| Notes: | stalemate does not end - it is the outcome (stale in stalemate is from Anglo-Norman meaning 'be placed'); a standoff or deadlock can end |
| Main Entry: | tie |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deadlock |
| Synonyms: | dead heat, draw, drawn battle, equivalence, even game, level, photo finish, push, stalemate, standoff |
| Antonyms: | loss, win |
| Main Entry: | Mexican standoff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | impasse |
| Synonyms: | collision, cross-purposes, dead heat, deadlock, even money, showdown, standoff, wash |
| Main Entry: | photo finish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very close finish |
| Synonyms: | blanket finish, close finish, dead heat, even money, neck-and-neck race |
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