Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - play-off
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Play-off
play-off
also playoff (play-offs) 1. A playoff is an extra game which is played to decide the winner of a sports competition when two or more people have got the same score. Nick Faldo was beaten by Peter Baker in a play-off. N-COUNT 2. You use playoffs to refer to a series of games between the winners of different leagues, to decide which teams will play for a championship. The winner will face the Oakland A’s in the playoffs this weekend. N-COUNT: usu N in pl
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transitive verb Date: 1606 1. a. to set in opposition for one's own gain b. to set in contrast 2. to complete the playing of (an interrupted contest) 3. to break (a tie) by a play-off ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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1. выдавать (кого-л., что-л. за кого-л., что-л. другое) 2. заставлять (кого-л.) проявить себя с невыгодной стороны 3. делать, производить (что-л.) to play off tricks —- показывать фокусы to play off fireworks —- пускать фейерверк 4. разыгрывать (кого-л.) he is not ill really, he is just playing off —- на самом деле он не болен, а лишь притворяется 5. разг. увольнять 6. спорт. сыграть решающую партию, матч (после ничьей) 7. завершить, закончить (особ. прерванное соревнование) 8. принимать участие в заключительном соревновании ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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4.
~ n an additional game played to decide who will win after a game has ended with no winner playpen ~ n a frame made of bars or a net that provides an area for a small child to play safely in ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
5.
{v.} 1. To match opposing persons, forces, or interests so that they balance each other. * /The girl played off her admirers against each other./ * /Britain tried to play off European nations against each other so that she would have a balance of power./ 2. To finish the playing of (an interrupted contest.) * /The visitors came back the next Saturday to play off the game stopped by rain./ 3. To settle (a tie score) between contestants by more play. /When each player had won two matches, the championship was decided by playing off the tie./ ...Английский словарь американских идиом
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