playoff

Definitions of playoff
  1. noun
    any final competition to determine a championship
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    types:
    serie
    series that constitutes the playoff for the baseball championship
    type of:
    competición, concurso
    an occasion on which a winner is selected from among two or more contestants
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American Football, 4th Quarter

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American Football, 3rd Quarter

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