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score off

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Verb

  1. To defeat (especially in an argument), get the better of, achieve a success over, gain an advantage or win points over, make a point to the detriment or at the expense of, make appear foolish. Sometimes with particle on (someone).
  2. To delete or remove (especially from a list); to score out, strike out or strike off, cross out or cross off; to draw a line through.
  3. To defeat (someone) verbally; to win a confrontation with words; to tell (someone) off.
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see score, off. To score from.

Noun

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

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