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☆ show·down (-do̵un′)

noun

  1. Poker the laying down of the cards face up to see who wins
  2. any action or confrontation that brings matters to a climax or settles them

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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