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to score off the competition

to score off the competition

5.3
Get an advantage over other companies or people
  • phrasal verb
  • UK
translation icon : superar a la competencia
  • The company managed to score off the competition by launching an innovative product.

Examples

  • The new marketing strategy helped us score off the competition.

  • She always tries to score off the competition with her creative solutions.

  • Our strategy this year is designed to help us score off the competition in the tech market.

  • Can we score off the competition with our latest product?

  • Our new advertising campaign is aimed at helping us score off the competition this quarter.

  • By improving customer service, we can score off the competition effectively.

  • The team's collaboration allowed them to score off the competition in the last sales quarter.

Synonyms

to get ahead
vsto score off the competition
83 3.4

Do better than others, for example at work or school

focuses on outperforming rivals specifically in contests or competition
to outscore
vsto score off the competition
14 3.4

To score more points than an opponent in a game

is broader, meaning any advantage rather than only point scoring
to score points
vsto score off the competition
10 3.0

Get praise or approval from others through your words and actions

is about outperforming rivals in contests rather than winning favor
to outcompete
vsto score off the competition
2 6.1

To do better than someone or something and win

emphasizes gaining an advantage over rivals rather than only winning
to get one up on
vsto score off the competition
  • Informal
1 6.1

To have an advantage over someone in competition

is used for gaining advantage over competitors generally rather than one person
to score off
vsto score off the competition
  • UK
7.4

To get an advantage over someone by doing better than them

is the longer phrase with identical meaning
to beat off the competition
vsto score off the competition
6.2

To win against other teams or companies in a contest

is broader and can mean gaining advantage without direct defeat
to leave competitors in the dust
vsto score off the competition
  • Informal
4.5

Do much better than other companies or teams

is about gaining advantage without stressing extreme distance
to murderize the competition
vsto score off the competition
  • NSFW
9.9

To beat other teams or companies by a lot

is a neutral way to state advantage without slang intensity

Antonyms

to underperform
20 5.3

To do worse than expected or needed

to fall behind
2 3.5

To move back when others move forward

How Decisive

to dominate
275 3.7
to crush
386 4.7
to score off the competition
  • UK
5.3
to outperform
30 4.8
to compete
983 2.6

Surface Forms

score off the competition infinitive
scored off the competition past
scored off the competition past participle
scoring off the competition present participle
scores off the competition third person singular

Morphology

score + off + the + competition

The overall meaning — outperforming rivals — is partly recoverable from 'score' (obtain points) and 'competition' (rivals), so a learner can infer a sense of gaining advantage. However, the particle 'off' here functions idiomatically as a marker of scoring against/over someone and this phrasal pattern is colloquial and not a fully transparent compositional use of 'off', so it may not be immediately predictable to a B1 learner.

Etymology

Score off the competition may come from a simple sports image: you score points 'off' your competition, so the scoreboard shows you ahead. That's why it now means 'to gain an advantage over competitors'.