try-off

Definitions

1. A team event.
2. An elimination round between competitors who are tied; especially one that takes a different form than previous steps of the competition.
3. A test for clearance, bearings, and metal thickness of a mold.

Examples

“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.”

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

“In the try-off for the grand championship, the Kansas Hereford yearlings were granted the royal purple.”

“As an example of the best kind of spirit which can exist⟳ among competing teams and the pleasantest kind of atmosphere which can be created in one of these try-offs, we take⟳ off our hat to the W.O.D.L. Festival and to its winning team.”

“It's logical that 2,000 models every year fight⟳, scratch⟳ and claw their way up to the try-off elimination when it comes time to choose⟳ the new Miss⟳ Rheingold.”

“In this case—and again as an advanced development feasibility program⟳—at the present⟳ time TI and the Martin Co. are under contract for a competitive tryoff along with Dahlgre as an in-house laboratory.”

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

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