Meaning & use

run a fade

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Slang for getting into a physical fight, often issued as a challenge or dare.

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He warned that anyone who touched his car would have to run a fade with him.

Online, the two rivals kept threatening to run a fade over the insult.

A note on using this word

This is informal slang, common in spoken and online contexts, and is not used in formal writing.

Words with a similar meaning

fight it out

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