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bully-off
bul·ly-off


noun 
Definition:
 
U.K. start of field hockey game: formerly, a way of starting a field hockey game, in which two opposing players hit sticks over the ball before each tries to hit it first.
See also  pushback
[Late 19th century. Origin ?]
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