Sekirov Dictionary

score off

verb 3
score-off noun 1
forms 4

verb3

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(slang) To defeat (especially in an argument), get the better of, achieve a success over, gain an advantage or win points over, make a point to the detriment or at the expense of, make appear foolish. Sometimes with particle on (someone).
- The old hag never missed out on any opportunity to score off on her daughter-in-law.
- Whether it was politics, trade, competition in industry, snobbery, boasting, self-advertisement, or gossip, the object was to score off one's adversary and put him down.
(slang) To defeat (someone) verbally; to win a confrontation with words; to tell (someone) off.
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To delete or remove (especially from a list); to score out, strike out or strike off, cross out or cross off; to draw a line through.
- You can score off my name, I quit.
- You can score my name off, I quit.

score-off noun1

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(rare) The action or result of scoring off someone (a rebuttal, a point won).
- There were a thousand and one gems of café-chatter, of tit-for-tattle – of score-offs and well-rubbed-ins. — 1930

forms

scored off · scoring off · scores off · score-offs

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