Synonyms for showdown

Grammar : Noun

Spell : shoh-doun

Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃoʊˌdaʊn

Définition of showdown

Origin : also show-down, 1873 in card-playing (especially poker), from show (v.) + down (adv.). Figurative sense of "final confrontation" is from 1904.

noun confrontation

Example sentences :

"They'd better have given the plan a showdown," interrupted Steve grimly.
Extract from : « Steve and the Steam Engine » by Sara Ware Bassett

If it comes to a showdown, we're goin' to tell what we know.
Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine

Say, Tex, honest Injun, would you 'a' fired off that dynamite if it had come to a showdown?
Extract from : « Oh, You Tex! » by William Macleod Raine

Hope if it ever comes to a showdown the secretary of the bureau of commerce will agree with me.
Extract from : « Blow The Man Down » by Holman Day

He shucked his windbreaker because it would be more encumbrance than help in the showdown.
Extract from : « A Matter of Proportion » by Anne Walker

I 've had my eye on Steve Barclay an' you, and I 'm ready for a showdown.
Extract from : « Second Book of Tales » by Eugene Field

If it comes to a showdown I rather think he'll play with us.
Extract from : « Blacksheep! Blacksheep! » by Meredith Nicholson

Just until we get organized and then will come the time when we'll call for the showdown.
Extract from : « Empire » by Clifford Donald Simak

Were going to have a showdown with Nels Anderson, said Joe grimly.
Extract from : « Slim Evans and his Horse Lightning » by Graham M. Dean

Now that showdown was at hand, and the Giants were glad of it.
Extract from : « Baseball Joe, Home Run King » by Lester Chadwick

Antonyms for showdown

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