play off

2 definitions found

play off - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  play off
      v 1: 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" [syn: pit, oppose, match, play off]

play off - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  20 Moby Thesaurus words for "play off":
     bout, contest, decathlon, double-header, doubles, event, foursome,
     game, games of chance, go, match, meet, pentathlon, play, race,
     runoff, singles, sport, threesome, twosome