Definitions for mexican standoff
mex·i·can stand·off

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1. Mexican standoffnoun

   a situation in which no one can emerge as a clear winner

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1. Mexican standoffnoun

   A stalemate, or a confrontation that neither side can win.

2. Mexican standoffnoun

   A confrontation between two or more armed parties, neither of which wants to attack first (fearing that the other could retaliate), but neither of which will disarm (for fear the other will attack).

3. Mexican standoffnoun

   A near-collision between two trains, an averted cornfield meet.

4. Etymology: The origin of this expression is uncertain, but it is likely that it arose in the American southwest during the late 1800s. The Cambridge Dictionary makes an unattributed claim that the term is of Australian origin.

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1. Mexican standoff

   A Mexican standoff is a confrontation where no strategy exists that allows any party to achieve victory. Any party initiating aggression might trigger everyone's demise. At the same time, the parties are unable to extract themselves from the situation without suffering a loss. As a result, all participants need to maintain the strategic tension, which remains unresolved until some outside event or interparty dialogue makes it possible to resolve it. The term Mexican standoff was originally used in the context of using firearms and it still commonly implies a situation in which the parties face some form of threat from the other parties. The Mexican standoff is a recurring cinematic trope, in which several armed characters hold each other at gunpoint.

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1. mexican standoff

   A Mexican standoff is a situation in which a conflict cannot be resolved because all parties involved have equal power and are not willing to back down or compromise. This stalemate often arises when all parties have weapons pointed at each other and each participant's move or peace depends evenly on the actions of the others. The phrase is often associated with the genre of Western films and it conveys high-stakes tension and potential violence.

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1. Mexican standoff

   A Mexican standoff is most precisely a confrontation among three opponents armed with guns. The tactics for such a confrontation are substantially different than for a duel, where the first to shoot has the advantage. In a confrontation among three mutually hostile participants, the first to shoot is at a tactical disadvantage. If opponent A shoots opponent B, then while so occupied, opponent C can shoot A, thus winning the conflict. Since it is the second opponent to shoot that has the advantage, no one wants to go first.

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   The numerical value of mexican standoff in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

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   The numerical value of mexican standoff in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=mexican standoff
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Mexican_Standoff
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Standoff
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=mexican standoff