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sing-off en · NOUN

Etymology

From sing + -off.

Meanings

1. A competition between two or more singers where each tries to do better than the last.
   • The two of them engaged in a sing-off until they realized that both tunes had the same beat. 2014, Cathy Bramley, Conditional Love, page 316:
   • This really is Anything Goes, not just a Cole Porter sing-off using portions of the Anything Goes narrative. 2015, Ethan Mordden, Sing for Your Supper: The Broadway Musical in the 1930s, page 76:
   • There's nothing like the life-or-death drama of an X Factor sing-off. 2015, Steve Brookstein, Getting Over the X, page 49:

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