Definitions for play off

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. pit, oppose, match, play off(verb)

    set into opposition or rivalry

    "let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other"

Wiktionary

  1. play off(Verb)

    To compete against in a play-off.


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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

play off(noun)

to do exactly what an opponent or enemy wants one to do.

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