group of death
(sports, _, slang) A group in a multi-stage tournament which is unusually competitive, because the number of strong competitors in the group is greater than the number of qualifying places available f
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Born ~1970 · 1 year of recorded useDefinitions
(sports, _, slang) A group in a multi-stage tournament which is unusually competitive, because the number of strong competitors in the group is greater than the number of qualifying places available for the next phase of the tournament.
“I also want to salute the choice to submit a song with the title Await Death as song 3 in this group of death (and have just realised I have done something similar, if slightly more hopeful)”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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