score off

verb

scored off; scoring off; scores off

British, informal

: to say or do something in order to get an advantage over (someone)

They're always trying to score off each other.

Examples of score off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Ireland entered the New Zealand 22 again and Jack Conan handled twice before scoring off a short pass from Jamison Gibson-Park. — ABC News, 18 July 2026

The Morgan Hill native got her first score off an extended dribbling sequence and then a rebounded shot in the 15th minute. — Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 18 July 2026

France nearly scored off the corner, but Bounou made another save on a header. — Joe Murphy, NBC news, 9 July 2026

If Pochettino has some other options, including using Brendan Aaronson, who might be better suited coming off the bench in a World Cup, Gio Reyna, who scored off the bench in the 4-1 win over Paraguay in the Group D opener, or Alex Zendejas. — Michael Lewis, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Rhymes for score off

• cerenkov
• ashraf
• checkoff
• cutoff
• falloff
• handoff
• kickoff
• layoff
• liftoff
• markoff
• markov
• payoff