Language: en
Meaning: (transitive,inseparable,idiomatic,slang)To defeat (especiallyin an argument),get the better of, achieve a success over, gain an advantage or win points over, make a point to the detriment or at the expense of, make appear foolish.Sometimes with particleon (someone).The old hag never missed out on any opportunity toscore offon her daughter-in-law.Whether it was politics, trade, competition in industry, snobbery, boasting, self-advertisement, or gossip, the object was toscore offone's adversary and put him down.Aunt Laura wore an air of overpowering satisfaction. Evidently she had already triumphed, and she smiled so cheerfully at Edwin that he felt convinced that she hadscored him offin some way.1960,P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVIII, inJeeves in the Offing, London:Herbert Jenkins,→OCLC:You'd be worked up if you had just beenscored offby Aubrey Upjohn, with that loathsome self-satisfied look on his face as if he'd been rebuking a pimply pupil at his beastly school for shuffling his feet in church.; (transitive,separable,idiomatic)To delete or remove (especially from a list); toscore out,strike outorstrike off,cross outorcross off; to draw a line through.You canscore offmy name, I quit.You canscore my name off, I quit.He will keep the roll andscore offthe name of any Boy absent twice.On the certificate of birth ofFrancis E. Dec, the name “Frank” has beenscored offand “Francis” inserted above.More people were simplyscored offthe list of unemployed than found employment through employment bureaux.; (archaic,slang,transitive)To defeat (someone) verbally; to win a confrontation with words; totell (someone) off.; Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seescore,off.To score from.A field goal or point after touchdown may bescored offa drop kick.
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