tie-break

tie-breaker

/ (ˈtaɪˌbreɪkə) /

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noun

tennis a method of deciding quickly the result of a set drawn at six-all, usually involving the playing of one deciding game for the best of twelve points in which the service changes after odd-numbered points

any contest or game played to decide a winner when contestants have tied scores

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Words nearby tie-break

tie, tie-and-dye, tieback, tie bar, tie beam, tie-break, tiebreaker, Tieck, tie clasp, tied, tied house

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How to use tie-break in a sentence

This is the Mexico that U.S. college students would be wise to steer clear of on spring break.
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What could be more important, to make sure that side of things is right before we tie ourselves to someone forever?
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I was already over forty, had hardly a nickel in my pocket and this was the biggest break in my life.
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In fact, Clark fell back first from her blows, losing his cap, tie, and badge in the melee.
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This sultry ballad about break-ups and make-ups in the City of Angels is haunting stuff.
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Were you ever arrested, having in your custody another man's cash, and would rather go to gaol, than break it?
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If old Piegan Smith hadn't been sampling the contents of that keg so industriously he would never have made a break.
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General Houston had attacked them with three hundred of our people, but had not been able to break their ranks.
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For good or ill, the torrent of rebellion was suffered to break loose, and it soon engulfed a continent.
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First of all, wrap a portion of damp newspaper round the roots, and then tie up with dry paper.
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