(idiomatic, transitive) To depend on financially. / (idiomatic, transitive) To survive by consuming only a certain thing or things.

Having gotten a good start; having reached a level of stability or self-sufficiency.

In a spelling bee, of two or more participants, to spell words one after the other until a champion is determined. Usually refers to a series of rounds of spelling in which no spellers are eliminated.

Alternative spelling of spell-off

(transitive) To relieve (a worker) temporarily by taking his or her place.

simple past tense and past participle of spell off

present participle of spell off

plural of spell-off

plural of spell off

In a spelling bee, an instance when two or more spellers go through several rounds without any being disqualified. / (broadly) A spelling bee.