PLAY OFF


Meaning of PLAY OFF in English

play off phrasal verb ( see also ↑ play )

1 . British English if people or teams play off, they play the last game in a sports competition, in order to decide who is the winner:

The top two teams will play off at Twickenham for the county title.

2 . play off somebody/something American English to deliberately use a fact, action, idea etc in order to make what you are doing better or to get an advantage:

The two musicians played off each other in a piece of inspired improvisation.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.