Definitions
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- noun A card trick won in excess of contract or game, as in bridge.
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- noun bridge A
trick won by thedeclarer 'sside which exceeds the amount of thecontract
Etymologies
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Examples
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The contract made with an overtrick – did you have five clubs doubled as one of your predictions?
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The contract made an overtrick, which must have pleased North, since she was apparently "a somewhat unenterprising partner fond of insisting on her own suits".
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Abandoning science, North firmly redoubled, and when everyone passed the question of whether South would make an overtrick acquired rather greater importance.
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The term "safety play" refers to one of any number of techniques for overcoming an adverse distribution, perhaps sacrificing an overtrick to ensure a contract.
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If West had the king of clubs, South might lose an overtrick but could still get three club tricks and 10 tricks in all.
Bridge Frank Stewart 2010
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If it does, there will be no question of an overtrick in six hearts for the other pairs with your cards, while you will still be in excellent shape in 6NT.
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I had to play very well to make 10 – you're bound to get a top for the overtrick.
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Poor West – he had made the only play to give his side a chance to beat the contract, he had it beaten, and then he got squeezed to allow a second overtrick.
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Remember that at pairs, if you make 12 tricks in no trumps while the field makes 12 in hearts you will score a top – if they make an overtrick, though, your score will be the opposite.
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"It was just like a man," Wendy said, "to boot an overtrick because he couldn't remember the opening lead."
Bridge Frank Stewart 2010
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