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

Jamal Thiare scored off a rebound in the eighth minute of second-half stoppage time to give the host Columbus Crew a pulsating 2-1 win over Inter Miami on Sunday. — Miami Herald, 28 Sep. 2026

Kennedy Wesley scored off Kenza Dali's free kick in stoppage time and the San Diego Wave beat the Kansas City Current 2-0 in the National Women's Soccer League on Friday night. — ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026

Gray then struck out the next batter and that was the closest the Orioles would get to scoring off him. — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

The Giants chipped into the deficit in the top of the third with a two-run double by Devers, the only two runs San Francisco scored off Mets rookie Nolan McLean. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for score off

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