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Do ngoc tien Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

head into the game ...

The Catalan club are unbeaten in their last six matches in all competitions, but head into the game off the back of consecutive stalemates.
I can't understand 'but head into the game off the back of consecutive stalemates.' completely.
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" In the game of chess a "stalemate" is a situation where neither player can win, so the game is a draw.

— Blue Jay

  • " In the game of chess a "stalemate" is a situation where neither player can win, so the game is a draw.
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They won four games in a row, then had two draws, so now they are "starting this game having just had two consecutive draws." In the game of chess a "stalemate" is a situation where neither player can win, so the game is a draw.
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I can get it now,but I still don't understand "off the back of".what's the meaning of "back" in this sentence?
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"Off the back of" is another way of saying "after"
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