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stand-off

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
stand-off

▶noun

1 a deadlock between two equally matched opponents.

2 Rugby short for stand-off half.

'stand-off' also found in these Oxford entries:

fly half - out-half - stand - stand-off half

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