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(sports, chiefly soccer, of a player) ineligible to compete in a cup competition due to having previously played for a different team in the same competition in the same season..
Use cup-tied when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cup-tied means (sports, chiefly soccer, of a player) ineligible to compete in a cup competition due to having previously played for a different team in the same competition in the same season..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use cup-tied where its definition matches the intended context.
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