Sentence examples for rival off from inspiring English sources

(As it happens, the Saudis and the Gulf states also oppose the deal, which they think lets Iran, their great regional rival, off the hook: but only Bibi said so out loud).

There's the time you hop into a giant ice-skate, and trace lines in the ice as you try to send a skating rival off the edge of the precipice.

And while even Nadal points out that most of his head-to-head victories over Federer came on clay (where Nadal holds a 10-2 advaNadal), Nadal is 4-5 against his rival off it — a mark that can be evened should Nadal beat Federer in the Wimbledon final, as he did two years ago.

In effect, the challenger and the incumbent have reversed the traditional roles: Romney is running a kind of Rose Garden strategy, trying to stay above the fray and coast to victory, while the president bobs and weaves like an insurgent, trying to throw his Republican rival off his game.

I learnt to simulate that I was helping a rival off the ground when in reality I was grabbing him by the ear and giving him a yank.' He quotes approvingly a teammate who used to say, 'when your rival is down, stamp on his head.' Argentine teams will never be short of competitiveness.

Froome won the general classification by 1 min 12 sec from the young Colombian climber Quintana, who had chipped significant time from the Briton's lead in Friday and Saturday's Alpine stages, but not enough to knock his rival off the top of the podium.

Froch continued to control the centre of the ring in the second, keeping Kessler at bay with his jab and landing with a snappy left-right combination that caught his rival off-balance.

Selby had lost his two previous fights against Yafai but took the initiative early in Friday's encounter at York Hall when he caught his rival off-guard with a punch that sent his fellow 22-year-old stumbling to the canvas.

Noise-makers Alexis Krauss and Derek Miller are back with "Bitter Rivals," off their forthcoming album of the same name, due out October 8 via Mom + Pop.

By gobbling up Arco, he has once again caught his rivals off-guard.

Tile, TrackR's closest rival, laid off dozens of employees in January after a disappointing holiday sales season.