to go for kill steal
- phrasal verb
- Slang
:
robar una muerte
- Don't go for kill steal when your teammate is about to finish the enemy!
Examples
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She decided not to go for kill steal and instead supported her teammate.
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In online matches, some players only go for kill steal rather than helping the team genuinely.
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He was criticized for always going for kill steal at the last moment.
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He always goes for kill steal in every match.
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During the game, he often goes for kill steal to claim the final hit on enemies.
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Many players dislike it when others go for kill steal instead of collaborating.
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She caught a lot of flak for trying to go for kill steal right before her teammate's victory.
Synonyms
Taking the final hit on an enemy in a game so another player does not get the kill
Antonyms
How Opportunistic
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is built compositionally from 'go for' (attempt) + 'kill' (the target or score in gaming) + 'steal' (to take without permission), so a learner who knows those words can infer it means attempting to take credit for a kill. Although it is gaming slang, the semantic relation is directly derivable from the constituents and follows a predictable 'attempt to take' pattern, so it should be understandable to a B1 learner who knows the vocabulary and some gaming context.
Etymology
The verb go for kill steal comes from online games. Imagine one player doing most of the damage while another rushes in to land the final hit and steal the kill, so it means 'to try to take the last hit and get the kill'.