score off

Verb

score off (third-person singular simple present scores off, present participle scoring off, simple past and past participle scored off)

1. (idiomatic, slang, transitive, inseparable) To defeat (especially in an argument), get the better of, achieve a success over, gain an advantage or win points over, make a point to the detriment or at the expense of, make appear foolish. Sometimes with particle on (someone).
   • The old hag never missed out on any opportunity to score off on her daughter-in-law.
   • Whether it was politics, trade, competition in industry, snobbery, boasting, self-advertisement, or gossip, the object was to score off one's adversary and put him down.
2. (idiomatic, separable, transitive) To delete or remove (especially from a list); to score out, strike out or strike off, cross out or cross off; to draw a line through.
   • You can score off my name, I quit.
   • You can score my name off, I quit.
3. (archaic, slang, transitive) To defeat (someone) verbally; to win a confrontation with words; to tell (someone) off.
4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see score, off. To score from.
   • A field goal or point after touchdown may be scored off a drop kick.