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overruff
[oh-ver-ruhf, oh-ver-ruhf]
verb (used with or without object)
to overtrump.
noun
the act of overtrumping.
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Many players would have ruffed a low diamond in the dummy, but East would have defeated the contract by refusing to overruff.
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West can overruff and cash a high club, but South will lose only two hearts and one club.
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So he understandably ruffed a couple of diamonds in the dummy and suffered an overruff to go down.
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If he ruffs, West can overruff and shift to a low heart.
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Again, declarer played three rounds of diamonds, ruff, overruff.
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