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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The action or result of scoring off someone (a rebuttal, a point won). rare

   "There were a thousand and one gems of café-chatter, of tit-for-tattle – of score-offs and well-rubbed-ins."

Example

More examples

"There were a thousand and one gems of café-chatter, of tit-for-tattle – of score-offs and well-rubbed-ins."

Etymology

Deverbal from score off.

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