pair off

verb

paired off; pairing off; pairs off

1

: to join together in a romantic relationship

He hated being single while his friends were pairing off and having kids.

2

: to join or to cause others to join to form a group of two

People paired off for the next dance.

She paired the students off.

Examples of pair off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Limon’s brother told the Times that by Sunday, investigators had traced the pair off campus. —Dan Sullivan, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026

Participants will be paired off into teams, which will listen to music from the 1960s and 1970s through the early 2000s and work together to identify the song and mark it off on their Slingo card. —Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026

The team paired off roaches and placed them in artificial nest boxes. —Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2026

March Madness’s main tournament starts by pairing off 64 of the highest-level college basketball teams into 32 games. —Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2026

Rhymes for pair off

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