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English
Etymology
From end + play.
Noun
endplay (plural endplays)
- (bridge) A tactical play in which a defender is put on lead at a strategic moment, and then has to make a play that loses one or more tricks
2009 January 3, Phillip Alder, “What to Bid Next? That Depends on the Game You're Playing”, Bridge, in New York Times:At this point, South should have played a spade to dummy's ace, ruffed a spade and led her club king to catch West in a trump endplay, but she became flustered and lost two more tricks to go down one.
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Verb
endplay (third-person singular simple present endplays, present participle endplaying, simple past and past participle endplayed)
- (bridge) To make an endplay.
2009 January 5, Phillip Alder, “From a Holiday Tournament, Two Points for the Price of One”, Bridge, in New York Times:Then a diamond lead endplayed West.
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