stand-off
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
stand-off (plural stand-offs)
- (rugby) fly-half
- 2011 October 23, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- France's own stand-in stand-off Trinh-Duc missed with a drop-goal when well set but then set off on a curving run through a scattered defensive line which carried him deep into enemy territory until Weepu's desperate tap-tackle finally brought him down.
- Alternative form of standoff (sense 2).
References edit
- “stand-off”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.