Fromre- +match.
rematch (pluralrematches)
- A repeatedcontest staged between the same opponents or teams which played a previous contest.
- Coordinate term:grudge match
After being beaten in pool by Melanie, John asked for arematch.
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{{rfdef}}.1977, Stanley A. Ellisen, “The Marriage Relation: Where Angels Fear to Tread”, inDivorce and Remarriage in the Church, Grands Rapids, Mich.:Zondervan,→ISBN,page24:The general requisites for remarriage are simply an evaluation of past failures and good, sincere intentions for therematch.
2005, “Unanswered Questions”, in Richard Sanders, editor,People Yearbook 2005: The Best & Worst of the Year, New York, N.Y.:People Books,→ISBN,page84:It was Affleck who canceled their 2003 wedding four days before the event, citing the attendant media circus, but when they canceled therematch, a planned wedding at his Georgia estate, it was by mutual consent.
2009, Nancy Felix, “The Art of theRematch – When Things Go Wrong”, inOh My, Au Pair! A Complete Guide to Hiring and Hosting an Au Pair, Indianapolis, Ind.: Dog Ear Publishing,→ISBN,page133:The au pair agencies will tell you that only about one in ten matches ends in arematch.
second contest between the same opponents, a return game
rematch (third-person singular simple presentrematches,present participlerematching,simple past and past participlerematched)
- To bring opponents together for such a contest.
- To stage such a contest.
- (transitive) Tomatch again or anew.
We had torematch the mixed-up parts.
