home-and-away

English

Alternative forms

home and away

Adjective

home-and-away (not comparable)

(British, sports) Of a series of two matches: having one game played at each competitor's home ground.
Synonym: (North America) home-and-home
- 2010 February 10, David Conn, “Premier League plans play-off for last Champions League place”, in The Guardian:
  the practicalities of how a play-off system could work: whether it should take the form of a home-and-away knockout system, similar to that in the Football League, or incorporate seeding
- 2013 February 21, Peter Whyke, The Guardian "'There are still people coming to our house for autographs 50 years on'"
  Ahead of it we thought, as with any cup tie, that we had a 50-50 chance especially being at home in the first leg as finals then were played on a home and away basis.

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