play off

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
play off
    v 1: set into opposition or rivalry; "let them match their best
         athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the
         Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against
         each other" [syn: {pit}, {oppose}, {match}, {play off}]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "play off":
      bout, contest, decathlon, double-header, doubles, event, foursome,
      game, games of chance, go, match, meet, pentathlon, play, race,
      runoff, singles, sport, threesome, twosome
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