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one-on-one
[ wuhn-on-wuhn, -awn- ]
adjective
- consisting of or involving direct individual competition, confrontation, or communication; person-to-person:
a one-on-one discussion.
adverb
- in direct encounter:
I'd rather settle this with her one-on-one.
noun
- a meeting or confrontation between two persons.
one-on-one
adjective
- denoting a relationship or encounter in which someone is involved with only one other person
a one-on-one meeting
Word History and Origins
Origin of one-on-one1
Idioms and Phrases
- go one-on-one with, Sports. to play directly against (an opposing player).
More idioms and phrases containing one-on-one
A direct encounter between two persons, especially a conflict, as in The two department heads went one on one regarding shelf space . This slangy expression almost certainly comes from sports. It is commonly used to refer to a two-person basketball game, but is also applied to the interaction of two players on opposing teams in football, soccer, and similar team sports. [c. 1960]Example Sentences
And, sometimes, teams will surrender and switch, putting players like Gobert on an island against one of the NBA’s best one-on-one players.
Van Dijk allows Liverpool to play with a high line, and be aggressive in the way they play, because of his speed and strength together with his quality in the air and in one-on-one situations.
Just like that you've decluttered the penalty area and, at the elite level, clearing a path for the goalkeeper and creating simpler one-on-one marking could reduce the chances of conceding.
“So it's gonna impact student behavior and the workload for the teacher. The students might not get one-on-one assistance like they used to get if we have to spread ourselves thinner and thinner.”
And there lies another contradiction - a coach unwilling to give one-on-one interviews, yet prepared to expose himself for all to see in a documentary.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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