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See also: stand off and standoff

stand-off (plural stand-offs)

(rugby) fly-half
- 2011 October 23, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:
  France's own stand-in stand-off Trinh-Duc missed with a drop-goal when well set but then set off on a curving run through a scattered defensive line which carried him deep into enemy territory until Weepu's desperate tap-tackle finally brought him down.
Alternative form of standoff (sense 2).

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+===Etymology===
+{{deverbal|en|stand off}}.
 ===Noun===
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 |date=October 23, 2011
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 |passage=France's own stand-in '''stand-off''' Trinh-Duc missed with a drop-goal when well set but then set off on a curving run through a scattered defensive line which carried him deep into enemy territory until Weepu's desperate tap-tackle finally brought him down.}}
+# {{alt form|en|standoff}} {{q|sense 2}}.
+===References===
+* {{R:Lexico}}
+===Anagrams===
+* {{anagrams|en|a=adffnost|offstand}}