Score-off
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Score-off is a noun meaning (rare) The action or result of scoring off someone (a rebuttal, a point won).
Meaning
(rare) The action or result of scoring off someone (a rebuttal, a point won).
Example Sentences
There were a thousand and one gems of café-chatter, of tit-for-tattle – of score-offs and well-rubbed-ins.
[…] the Minister should come in here and use the occasion of the making of his statement on such an important matter as the Estimate for his Department as a political score-off on his opponents.
Word Forms
- score-offs
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include scoring, scorekeeping, outcome, scoreline, runscoring, pointscoring.
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