off break
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"We were well off break even position and that only became clear in November."
From BBC ● Mar. 19, 2025
Williams could easily have turned brittle and cracked after the quick and resourceful Halep forced a third set, hitting off-balance winners and fighting off break points in bunches.
From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2016
And of course, there has been no public explanation that when he bowls his doosra, and his off break, his arm is within the 15 degree limit stipulated by the ICC.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 6, 2012
Giron didn’t play small in the first set, holding serve and staving off break points to force a tiebreaker.
From Washington Post
Watch the seed-pods when they are formed, and when they are ripe—that is, brown and dry—cut them off, break them open, and spread the seeds out.
From What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes by Fisher, Dorothy Canfield
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