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- noun Plural form of
play-off .
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Examples
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Gloucester won the LV= Cup this season and claimed a third-place Premiership finish, losing narrowly to Saracens in the title play-offs.
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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The Sale suspension means that he will not play for his club again this season, as they have no chance of making the Premiership title play-offs.
WalesOnline - Home 2011
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Before the match he reckoned they needed six or seven wins from the last 10 games to go up direct, four or five for the play-offs.
Nottingham Forest need a break to clear path to promotion | Jeremy Alexander 2011
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Victory maintained their perfect record in Group I, which spells trouble for Scotland, who were last seen beating Liechtenstein 1-0 to keep alive their hopes of reaching the play-offs.
Five things we learned from the Euro 2012 qualifiers | Jacob Steinberg 2011
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Always the bridesmaidHaving qualified for the play-offs in the last two seasons without so much as sniffing the final – and last season ending a 27-match unbeaten run in the semis – the bookies are convinced Huddersfield will finally make it this time.
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Comfortably settled in mid-table with a place in the play-offs a long shot if they can end a worrying 500-minute goal-drought, they'll have enjoyed the diversion of a Cup run in which their team has recorded victories over Crawley Town, Wigan Athletic, Middlesbrough and Southampton.
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Those are the rules in the play-offs, but not in the regular season.
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Another friendly, against Portugal, is anticipated three days later, so long as those opponents are not in the Euro 2012 play-offs.
Wayne Rooney is told a Euro 2012 starting spot is not guaranteed 2011
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Although Ireland achieved precisely that, the manner of their victory against the group minnows was deeply unimpressive and offered little encouragement before their final group match at home to Armenia on Tuesday – effectively a play-off to reach the play-offs.
Five things we learned from the Euro 2012 qualifiers | Jacob Steinberg 2011
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In May, having dropped Borough and been 12th in early March, they came sixth and beat Accrington and Torquay in the play-offs without conceding.
Steely Stevenage aim high in their quest for a unique hat-trick | Jeremy Alexander 2011
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