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
Elena Rybakina used her serve to fend off break point and secured the first two games of the second set.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 9, 2022
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
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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