off break
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Dimitrov managed to avoid another disastrous start in the third set, fending off break point to hold from deuce.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2024
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
Break off; break off, I feel the different pace, Of som chast footing neer about this ground.
From The Poetical Works of John Milton by Milton, John
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