noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a play-off game British English (= played to decide the winner after a previous game ended with both teams having equal points )
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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First two go up; next 4 fight it out in the play-offs.
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Gould was sacked after a stormy 14 months following Albion's failure to at least make the Third Division promotion play-offs.
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The 24-year-old central defender will have his right leg immobilised for six weeks and will miss the play-offs should Boro qualify.
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The best they can hope for is the No.2 spot or the play-offs.
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The drama both leading to and during the play-off was intense.
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We had to win to get into the play-offs and they needed to win to stay in the League.