[ no passive ] ( especially BrE ) to show that you are better than sb, especially by making clever remarks, for example in an argument :
He was always trying to score off his teachers.
[ no passive ] ( especially BrE ) to show that you are better than sb, especially by making clever remarks, for example in an argument :
He was always trying to score off his teachers.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005