Try-off

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A team event.

    "It had nothing to do with their defensive pattern or any strategy it was about backing your instincts, and for Ma'a to finish the try off like that was pretty special."

  2. 2
    An elimination round between competitors who are tied; especially one that takes a different form than previous steps of the competition.

    "On the try-off Watkins made 168 ft., the longest flight for the day."

  3. 3
    A test for clearance, bearings, and metal thickness of a mold.

    "Using corn flour for a tryoff, set the cores in the drag straight and level."

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"It had nothing to do with their defensive pattern or any strategy it was about backing your instincts, and for Ma'a to finish the try off like that was pretty special."

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