play off1
(Of two teams or competitors) play an extra match to decide a draw or tie: the top two teams would play off at Twickenham...
- Sadly, aggregate scores counted for nothing in those days, and having won and lost a leg apiece, the teams played off.
- The third and fourth place teams also played off, with the loser eliminated and the winner playing the loser of the one versus two game.
- The winners of their respective matches will contest the final, while the losers will play off for the bronze medal.
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play-off2
/ˈpleɪɒf
/noun
An additional match played to decide the outcome of a contest: a sudden death play-off was required to settle the tournament [as modifier]: play-off games they have faint hopes of a place in the play-offs [as modifier]: a promotion play-off place...
- We're doing okay in the league and are one of several clubs fighting for the final play-off spot.
- It would be my first medal apart from the play-off final with Birmingham in 2002 and it would be nice to add to it.
- But they have made it to the play-off final so they still have a good chance of joining us in League One.
- be at each other's throats
- beaten
- beater
- beater bar
- beat frequency
- beat-frequency oscillator
- beat generation
- beatific
- beatifically
- beatification
- beatify
- beating
- beating-up
- beatitude
- Beatle-esque
- Beatlemania
- Beatlemaniac
- Beatles
- Beatles-esque
- Beatlesque
- beat-match
- beat-matching
- beatnik
- beat off
- beat officer