What does home-and-away mean?
Home-and-away means (UK, sports) Of a series of two matches: having one game played at each competitor's home ground..
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(UK, sports) Of a series of two matches: having one game played at each competitor's home ground..
2013 February 21, Peter Whyke, The Guardian "'There are still people coming to our house for autographs 50 years on'" Ahead of it we thought, as with any cup tie, that we had a 50-50 chance especially being at home in the first leg as finals then were played on a home and away basis.
the practicalities of how a play-off system could work: whether it should take the form of a home-and-away knockout system, similar to that in the Football League, or incorporate seeding
Use home-and-away when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Home-and-away means (UK, sports) Of a series of two matches: having one game played at each competitor's home ground..
Common synonyms include home-and-home.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
2013 February 21, Peter Whyke, The Guardian "'There are still people coming to our house for autographs 50 years on'" Ahead of it we thought, as with any cup tie, that we had a 50-50 chance especially being at home in the first leg as finals then were played on a home and away basis.
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