score off (English, verb)
expansion: score off (third-person singular simple present scores off, present participle scoring off, simple past and past participle scored off)
Senses:
qualifier: inseparable
glosses: To defeat (especially in an argument), get the better of, achieve a success over, gain an advantage or win points over, make a point to the detriment or at the expense of, make appear foolish. Sometimes with particle on (someone).
tags: idiomatic
slang
transitive
glosses: To delete or remove (especially from a list); to score out, strike out or strike off, cross out or cross off; to draw a line through.
tags: idiomatic
separable
transitive
glosses: To defeat (someone) verbally; to win a confrontation with words; to tell (someone) off.
tags: archaic
slang
transitive
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see score, off. To score from.
Forms:
form: scores off
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: scoring off
tags: participle
present
form: scored off
tags: participle
past
form: scored off
tags: past