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off break

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noun

  1. cricket a bowled ball that spins from off to leg on pitching

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

I was trying to hang on and trying to fend off break points.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 19, 2015

Giron didn’t play small in the first set, holding serve and staving off break points to force a tiebreaker.

From Washington Post

Why the devil could he not shake it off, break away from it, and kick out bravely at his evil fate?

From The Great Hunger by W. J. Alexander (William John Alexander) Worster

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