Definitions
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- verb bridge To
ruff with a highertrump following a prior ruff on the sametrick - noun bridge An act of overruffing
Etymologies
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Examples
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When Louie ruffs the next spade, West can overruff and lead a club, but Louie wins in his hand, takes the A-K of trumps and ruffs a diamond.
Bridge 2010
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Whichever red suit he led from the table, West could overruff if South ruffed low, or discard if South ruffed with the ace or the king.
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Otherwise you would ruff the diamond with the seven and East would overruff with the eight to cash his heart, and you would have ♠ AJ remaining over South's ♠ K10.
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East can overruff or discard, but his queen of trumps wins the defenders 'only trick.
Bridge 2010
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I could think of one reason only: the fear that the Walrus could not overruff dummy, and would thereby give vital information to declarer.
VICTOR MOLLO’S BRIDGE CLUB VICTOR MOLLO 1979
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I could think of one reason only: the fear that the Walrus could not overruff dummy, and would thereby give vital information to declarer.
VICTOR MOLLO’S BRIDGE CLUB VICTOR MOLLO 1979
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I could think of one reason only: the fear that the Walrus could not overruff dummy, and would thereby give vital information to declarer.
VICTOR MOLLO’S BRIDGE CLUB VICTOR MOLLO 1979
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South had to overruff with the ace, and now West had to score the setting trick with his nine-six of spades behind declarer's ten-eight.
NYT > Home Page By PHILLIP ALDER 2011
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The kibitzers were suitably impressed when The Visitor, rather than overruff, discarded a diamond.
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The kibitzers were suitably impressed when The Visitor, rather than overruff, discarded a diamond.
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