"score-off" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: score-offs [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from score off. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|score off}} Deverbal from score off Head templates: {{en-noun}} score-off (plural score-offs)
  1. (rare) The action or result of scoring off someone (a rebuttal, a point won). Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-score-off-en-noun-t6Ia3QEN Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1955, Oireachtas [Irish Parliament], Díosbóireachtaí párlaiminte: tuairisc oifigiúil [Parliamentary debates: official report], volume 150, p. 294:",
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