Knock-out

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of knockout. alt-of, alternative

    "Scotland needed a victory by eight points to have a realistic chance of progressing to the knock-out stages, and for long periods of a ferocious contest looked as if they might pull it off."

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"Scotland needed a victory by eight points to have a realistic chance of progressing to the knock-out stages, and for long periods of a ferocious contest looked as if they might pull it off."

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