one-down
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Coming from one-down with four to play, it was just the sort of flip the American side desperately needed, one that may or may not prove to be significant over the next two days.
From Golf Digest
You can be one-up and boundary-less, one-down and boundary-less, one-down and walled-off, or one-up and walled-off.
From Salon
This is a celebration of regeneration through violence, the central theme in masculinity, from one-down to the one-up.
From Salon
Would it be Ryan Moore, who had just won a hole from Lee Westwood just below where I stood on the hillock overlooking the 16th green, and was now heading to the 17th one-down and trying to salvage a half?
From Golf Digest
Starting in the one-down position certainly puts the pressure on to perform.
From Salon
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