A final game in a series needed to break a tie.
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(US, Canada) A short series of games to select a league champion.
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(UK) A short series of games to select the last team to be promoted (to elevate to a higher league).
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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