Definitions
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- v. Simple past tense and past participle of overruff.
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Examples
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Had West overruffed there would have been no further hope for the defence, but Belladonna calmly discarded a spade.
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South next took the ace of spades and ruffed a spade, but East unkindly overruffed with the queen and led a trump.
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East overtook with the king and led the ace, and when South ruffed, West overruffed and shifted to a spade: three, queen, king.
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At one table East overruffed with the jack and led the ace and another heart.
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Declarer won and ruffed a spade, but West overruffed with the ten for down one.
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The Chimp duly overruffed the 9 with the queen and, before continuing, paused to study the vibrations round the table.
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In desperation, Karapet ruffed a club with his Q, but H.H. overruffed, returned to dummy by trumping his last diamond and played another club, throwing on it his ♠ 4.
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Whichever king he discarded, the nine in that suit would be master and he would have to throw on it his other king, or else ruff and be overruffed.
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Three times, when clubs were led from dummy, the Hog overruffed the Professor.
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Whenever East ruffed, South would have overruffed; played a trump to dummy's queen, removing East's last spade; and finished the diamonds.
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