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tie game
tie game n. 
/ˌtʌɪ ˈɡeɪm/, /ˈtaɪ ˌɡeɪm/ a game in which the result is a tie.
Brit. /ˈtʌɪ ɡeɪm/
, /ˈtʌɪ ɡeɪm//ˌtʌɪ ˈɡeɪm/U.S. /ˌtaɪ ˈɡeɪm/
, /ˌtaɪ ˈɡeɪm//ˈtaɪ ˌɡeɪm/ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > sport > winning, losing, or scoring > [noun] > draw or tie
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1742 London Evening-post 3 Aug. That play'd the Tye Game the beginning of the Season.
1832 P. Egan Bk. Sports xxii. 347/2 In the first innings Woking gained 71 runs, Shiere then went in and got 71. Second innings, Woking 71; ditto, Shiere 71; it was consequently a tye-game, under circumstances unprecedented in the annals of cricket-playing.
1928 Collier's 29 Dec. 17/4 A tie game in football is certainly more thrilling..than a one-sided game.
1960 Washington Post 18 Oct. a18/1 It was Eddie Erdelatz, the Navy football coach, who once described a tie game as an unsatisfactory experience that permitted no enthusiasm. ‘A tie game is like kissing your sister,’ he said.
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