pair off (English, verb)
expansion: pair off (third-person singular simple present pairs off, present participle pairing off, simple past and past participle paired off)
Senses:
glosses: To separate into groups of two.
tags: intransitive
glosses: To join two people into a relationship.
tags: transitive
topics: government
politics
glosses: To agree with one of the opposite party or opinion to abstain from voting on specified questions or issues.
tags: dated
intransitive
Forms:
form: pairs off
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: pairing off
tags: participle
present
form: paired off
tags: participle
past
form: paired off
tags: past