posedownn.
/ˈpəʊzdaʊn/, U.S. /ˈpoʊzˌdaʊn/ Bodybuilding.
The final stage in a bodybuilding competition, in which the remaining competitors display their physiques simultaneously.
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1971 Muscle Builder July 19 The posedown begins all over again—Lewis, Schwarzenegger, and Oliva.
1978 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 13 Mar. 8//2 Featuring: Jamaica's first ever Body-Building ‘Pose-Down’ between our top three body builders.
1985 Times 20 July 11/3 The finalists then pose against each other in a ‘posedown’.
2002 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 10 Nov. v. 10/1 We knew what to expect: executives speaking in exclamation points, the corporate version of bodybuilders in a pose-down—fixed smiles while flexing pumped-up and oiled-over accomplishments.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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