Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A second contest between the same opponents.
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- noun A repeated
contest staged between the same opponents or teams which played a previous contest. - verb To bring opponents together for such a contest.
- verb To stage such a contest.
- verb transitive To
match again or anew.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun something (especially a game) that is played again
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Raiders beat the Wolves 5-0 in a regular-season game, but much has changed since then and Stowe coach Jamie Birmingham knew that the title rematch had little chance of being that easy.
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He cut a promo about wanting to cash in his title rematch clause tonight.
PWTorch.com 2008
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If Miller was trying to create his own scenario to get a title rematch, it may have backfired, at least for now.
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If Miller was trying to create his own scenario to get a title rematch, it may have backfired, at least for now.
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Raw itself opened with Batista demanding a title rematch only to be interrupted by Stephanie McMahon (on the big screen) who informed him he wouldn†™ t get a title shot until after Survivor Series at least.
PWTorch.com 2008
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Washington (CNN) - This rematch is getting interesting.
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Consider that if you do a croissant-off of your own … and tell us who else to include if a rematch is called.
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Consider that if you do a croissant-off of your own … and tell us who else to include if a rematch is called.
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I lost the fight against King Kong, but that's what a rematch is for!
Freaky Monkey Bites the Dust grrm 2010
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Derby field not interested in rematch with Big Brown - USATODAY. com
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