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Meaning of below par | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Not up to the average or normal standard.
    idiomatic
  2. (of a score) Less than par for the hole or course (which in golf, means better than par).
  3. Having a price below its face value.

Examples

“Steve Gerrard, unusually, had a below-par night, too, even if it was a lovely delivery to set up Welbeck to make it 2-2 with a glancing header.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

below stairs below the belt below the fold below the gangway below the law below the radar

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