Meaning of try-off | Babel Free

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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