Crossword clues for cup tie
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
cup tie
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Oxford's cup hopes are on ice, the cup tie with Sunderland at Manor was called off this afternoon.
▪ They lead the first division by one point from Gloucester, so it's going to be some cup tie.
▪ United lit the fuse for a quality cup tie by giving everything they had against the big boys from the premier league.
WordNet
cup tie
n. an eliminating game between teams in a cup competition
Usage examples of "cup tie".
Once in a while Jim would stretch out his arms and punch at the sky, much after the fashion of a Wembley Cup tie striker who had just hammered the winning goal into the back of the net.