one-on-one

/wˈɒnˌɒnwˌɒn/

/ˈwənəˈnɑn/

one-on-one

(of two persons) in direct encounter

one-on-one

being a system of play in which an individual defensive player guards an individual offensive player

synonyms : man-to-man

(of an activity) between only two people

Examples

1. Do one-on-one anymore.

2. You're doing one-on-ones.

3. One-on-one being patient with that.

4. And our one-on-ones became two-on-twos, and then three-on-threes, four-on-fours and five-on-fives.