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

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

Raman is now easily scoring off of Bass mishaps, like the mayor’s response to the Lineage warehouse fire and her random broadside against street vendors during a debate in Sherman Oaks last month. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Philadelphia had runners in scoring position with less than two outs in the fifth and sixth innings, but could not score off Sale. — ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026

Sam Surridge followed eight minutes later, netting his team's leading 12th goal of the season, scoring off his back heel and putting Nashville up 3-1. — CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for score off

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