showdownshow‧down /ˈʃəʊdaʊn $ ˈʃoʊ-/ noun [countable usually singular] 
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a showdown with the striking workers Britain has a World Cup showdown with Australia next month.
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Thesaurus- Everyone in the office knew that there would be a showdown sooner or later, the way things were going.
- The Senate moved toward another showdown with the President over the budget.
- A sequence of events since last spring made a showdown over these issues almost inevitable, analysts contend.
- Behind the scenes Pilger, still fuming from the Kennedy Hotel showdown, was working separately.
- I felt it was necessary to have a showdown.
- Odd things have been happening to the Republicans in Congress since their disastrous showdown with the president over the budget.
- So you must expect one last showdown that's followed by a decisive step in a new direction.
- The showdown between Rosecrans and Bragg finally came in mid-September.
- The showdown came when the Andover people helped impose a ban on prostitution.
- What happened was the night before break started, Rudy and I had another one of our showdowns in his bed.
Longman Language Activatoran argument► argument
Collocations when people speak angrily to each other because they disagree about something: have an argument: · My sister and I had a terrible argument last night.argument about/over: · A 29-year-old man was shot and killed today after an argument over a gambling debt.argument with: · I'm sorry I'm not in a good mood. I had an argument with my husband this morning.get into an argument (=to start arguing, without intending to): · Phil got into an argument with a guy at the bar.
► row British a loud angry argument that continues for a short time between people who know each other well. Row is also used about a serious disagreement between politicians concerning important public matters: · There were always rows when my dad got home.· The World Trade Organization will give the two countries 60 days to end their row.row over: · The newspapers are full of stories about the continuing row over private education.blazing row (=a very angry, noisy argument): · The couple in the house next door were having a blazing row.big row: · A few months ago they had a big row, and Steve drove off and spent the weekend in London.
► quarrel an angry argument between people who know each other well: · a family quarrelquarrel with: · I was tired of these stupid quarrels with my parents.have a quarrel: · They had some sort of quarrel years ago, and they haven't spoken to each other since.
► disagreement a situation in which people disagree with each other, but without shouting or getting angry: disagreement about/over: · There were the occasional disagreements about money, but mostly we got on well.disagreement with: · Ginny had left the company after a disagreement with her boss.disagreement between: · This bill will never be passed if disagreements between Democrats and Republicans aren't settled soon.
► dispute formal when two people, organizations, or countries publicly disagree and argue with each other about something important: dispute over/about: · The dispute over weapons inspections is likely to be the main topic of tomorrow's meeting.dispute with: · Morris has been involved in a long legal dispute with his publisher.dispute between: · Representatives from both sides met late last night in an attempt to settle the budget dispute between Congress and the President.settle a dispute (=end it by agreement): · All efforts to settle the dispute have so far failed.
► bust-up British informal a very bad quarrel or fight: · After the bust-up, I didn't see Rick for several weeks.have a big bust-up: · She and her boyfriend had a big bust-up over who was supposed to look after the kids.bust-up with: · Christie was involved in an angry bust-up with reporters and photographers outside the courtroom.
► exchange a very short argument between people or groups, especially in a formal or official situation such as a political meeting: · During angry exchanges in Parliament the Prime Minister said he would not change existing policies.heated exchange (=an angry exchange): · A series of heated exchanges between the two governments followed.
► showdown a serious argument that comes at the end of a period of time during which there has been a lot of disagreement and angry feelings: · Everyone in the office knew that there would be a showdown sooner or later, the way things were going.· The Senate moved toward another showdown with the President over the budget.
► feud an unpleasant and often violent situation between two groups, especially families, in which people have been arguing for so long that they cannot remember the cause of it: · The feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys raged for 20 years.· He has been accused of letting personal feuds affect his judgement.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► final
a meeting, argument, fight etc that will settle a disagreement or competition that has continued for a long timeshowdown with· Both eased their way to victory over Yorkshire and Surrey to set up a final day showdown.· Now that the election was over, he added, the president was determined to have a final showdown with the isolationists.· Steve Jobs was convinced that Macintosh was the final showdown at the Computer Corral.
a showdown with the striking workers Britain has a World Cup showdown with Australia next month.