'play off' definitions:

Definition of 'play off'

(from WordNet)
verb
Set into opposition or rivalry; "let them match their best athletes against ours"; "pit a chess player against the Russian champion"; "He plays his two children off against each other" [syn: pit, oppose, match, play off]

Synonyms of 'play off'

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Words containing 'play off'