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tie-break

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tie-break, tie-breaker [ˈtaɪˌbreɪkə]
n
1. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Tennis) Tennis a method of deciding quickly the result of a set drawn at six-all, usually involving the playing of one deciding game for the best of twelve points in which the service changes after every two points
2. (General Sporting Terms) any contest or game played to decide a winner when contestants have tied scores
Translations
tie-break [ˈtaɪbreɪk] tie-breaker [ˈtaɪbreɪkəʳ] N (Sport) → muerte f rápida, desempate m


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