pair off
Example Sentences
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Still, researchers say, people waiting longer to get married and being more selective about whom they pair off with can result in more stable marriages, contributing to a reduction in the divorce rate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 21, 2025
Circumstances change — people pair off, have children, choose lives that seem at odds with the dreams of youth.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2024
In his third trip to the plate, Keith lined an opposite-field double to left that drove in a pair off New York righty Clayton Beeter on a 3-2 pitch.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 24, 2024
Pairs of rabbits come together, produce litters of new rabbits, and then the new rabbits grow up to pair off themselves and make even more rabbits.
From Science Daily • Sep. 19, 2023
He leaned back on his stool and grabbed a pair off a shelf behind him.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
