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pair

noun

1 a pair of gloves:

set of two, set, matching set, matched set, two of a kind.

2 the pair were arrested on Saturday | a pair of pheasants:

two, couple, duo, duology, brace, twosome;

twins;

archaic twain;

rare duplet, dyad, duad, doubleton.

3 a pair of lines in Chaucer's first fabliau:

couplet, distich.

4 a coach and pair:

two horses, team, yoke, span.

5 they drank a toast of long life and many babies to the happy pair:

couple, man and wife, husband and wife, partners, lovers.

verb

a cardigan paired with a matching skirt:

match, put together, couple, twin, partner, marry up.

□ pair off (also pair up)

Rachel paired up with Tommy:

get together, join up, link up, team up, unite, form a partnership, form a couple, make a twosome.