Sailing Competition Terms

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noun a round in a tournament in which the losers of an earlier round compete for a chance to continue in the tournament

  • The repechage round in the tournament gives teams a second chance to qualify for the next stage.
  • I didn't realize there was a repechage round in the competition.
  • If we lose, we'll just have to go through the repechage.
  • Life sometimes feels like a repechage, giving us second chances to make things right.