Examples of 'played off' in a sentence

Meaning of "played off"

Played off refers to a situation where someone successfully competes against or out-performs someone else. It implies using skill, strategy, or talent to gain an advantage or achieve a victory over the opponent or competitor
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  • simple past tense and past participle of play off

How to use "played off" in a sentence

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played off
Everyone kind of played off each other.
They played off each other divinely.
Every time someone gets played off.
He was booed and played off by the orchestra.
Played off in this phase of the tour.
The game is played off the dribble.
Played off scratch.
I backed my ass is played off as a department store.
I played off the pause in my stride and continued on as though nothing had happened.
He was merely a player who played off others.
The way they played off each other was brilliant.
Each of the three key components played off the other two.
The way we played off each other back and forth.
The station subsequently produced a promo that played off this picture.
They must not be played off against each other.

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The three guys have such different personalities that they played off each other well.
Matches shall be played off the blue markers.
We played off each other … there was a lot of ad libbing.
Some games have to be played off the field.
Sutton played off that idea at the beginning of his sermon.
These are people that played off each other.
One is played off against the other for reasons of political expediency.
The two of you have been played off against each other.
He has played off so much prudent hypocrisy between France and.
Observers can be manipulated and played off against each other.
I think i played off the fact they found the idol pretty well.
That their two fathers can not be played off against each other.
He played off the ball at UCLA.
We are in danger of being played off one against the other by the.
Delfino played off the bench substituting for either Tayshaun Prince or Richard Hamilton.
There was no handicap but the men and women played off different tees.
Another spot will be played off between the losers of these pairs.
This was revised so that the first and second teams played off for the championship.
The ball may be played off the net during a volley and a serve.
They also knew that members could not be played off against one another.
The winners then played off against the bottom club in League Two Cowdenbeath.
O Freedom of speech and freedom of religion should not be played off against each other.
They were successfully played off against each other by Sui and Tang China.
The Airbus workers in France and Germany must not be played off against one another.
She just got played off by Fatso the Keyboard Cat.
I think I am being played off.
However, he played off the bench as often as he started.
In its truest form, golf is a natural game played off grass surfaces.
If it was played off the score, it would lose its authenticity.
The other teams from each group played off for the Challenge Trophy.
Mrs. Mason played off the inconsistencies in her timeline as confusion.
In other words, groups can be played off against each other.
The musicians played off a three-dimensional graph of weather data like this.
The first double is a spinner, and may be played off on all four edges.
Taxes, have been played off with all the ingenious dexterity of.

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