pair.html - See: TAKE TO ONE'S HEELS also SHOW A CLEAN PAIR OF HEELS.

pair.html - {v.} 1. To make a pair of; put two together; associate; match. * /Mrs. Smith paired off her guests by age and tastes./ 2. To belong to a pair; become one of a pair. * /Jane paired off with Alice in a tennis doubles match./ 3. To divide or join into pairs. * /Later in the day the picnic crowd paired off for walks and boat rides./

pair.html - {v.} 1. To make a pair of; match. * /When she finished the mending, she paired up the socks./ 2. To form a pair; to be or become one of a pair. * /Not all the socks would pair up./ * /Joe paired up with Charlie to work on the lesson./

pair.html - n. & v.
--n.

1 a set of two persons or things used together or regarded as a unit (a pair of gloves; a pair of eyes).
2 an article (e.g. scissors, trousers, or pyjamas) consisting of two joined or corresponding parts not used separately.
3 a an engaged or married couple. b a mated couple of animals.
4 two horses harnessed side by side (a coach and pair).
5 the second member of a pair in relation to the first (cannot find its pair).
6 two playing cards of the same denomination.
7 Parl. either or both of two MPs etc. on opposite sides absenting themselves from voting by mutual arrangement.

--v.

tr. & intr.
1 (often foll. by off) arrange or be arranged in couples.
2 a join or be joined in marriage. b (of animals) mate.
3 Parl. form a pair.

in pairs in twos. pair production Physics the conversion of a radiation quantum into an electron and a positron. pair royal a set of three cards of the same denomination. [ME f. OF paire f. L paria neut. pl. of par equal]

pair.html - See: AT PAINS, FEEL NO PAIN, GIVE A PAIN, GROWING PAINS, ON PAIN OF, TAKE PAINS.

pair.html - {n.}, {slang}, {vulgar with ass} An obnoxious or bothersome person or event. * /Phoebe Hochrichter is a regular pain in the neck (ass)./