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- n a set of two similar things considered as a unit
- n two items of the same kind
- n two people considered as a unit
- n a poker hand with 2 cards of the same value
- v form a pair or pairs
The two old friends paired off - v bring two objects, ideas, or people together
The student was paired with a partner for collaboration on the project - v occur in pairs
- v arrange in pairs
- v engage in sexual intercourse
- If Imelda kept a collection of 2,700 pairs of shoes, it was not because (as some candle-snuffing moralists might think) she should be expected to wear them all, and must be judged .
- The final tally on Imelda's shoes was 1,060 pairs, less than the 3,000 originally reported.
- A day after the pairs medals were awarded, Le Gougne admitted to buckling under pressure to vote for the Russian pair in exchange for first-place votes for the French ice dancing .