playoff

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playoff

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Deverbal from play off; by surface analysis, play + -off.

noun playoffs · play-off

  1. A final game in a series needed to break a tie.
  2. Canada, US A short series of games to select a league champion.
  3. UK A short series of games to select the last team to be promoted (to elevate to a higher league).
  4. A short piece of underscore played during a scene transition in a stage musical, usually reprising a song from the preceding scene.

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