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the word that ends arguments and cricket innings with equal finality.

means Above, across, finished, or more than — a small word that marks something as done, covered, or exceeded.

from From Old English 'ofer,' rooted deep in the Germanic family tree, a cousin of German 'über.' Both trace back to a prehistoric Indo-European form meaning 'above,' shared with Latin 'super' and Greek 'hyper' — the same ancient idea of rising past a threshold, echoed differently in a dozen languages.

cricket unit
six legal balls bowled from one end
radio etiquette
signals your turn to talk has ended
game show echo
roger that pairs with it in aviation
breakup cliche
we are so over gets said a lot
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