trade off
Upper Intermediate (B2)neutral
accept losing one thing to gain another
"You often have to trade off comfort against style."
Hear it in context

CCL Spring 2026 Playoffs Round 1 with @JoeBruin
Chesscom Community · 107:04
Trade off here.

CCL Spring 2026 Playoffs Round 1 with @JoeBruin
Chesscom Community · 106:56
We trade off both rooks.

Marty Lobdell - Study Less Study Smart
Pierce College District WA · 40:01
That is a good trade off.

We're 99.9% sure this pattern is true, but no one can prove it
Veritasium · 15:56
But this chooses a trade off.

State of AI in 2026: LLMs, Coding, Scaling Laws, China, Agents, GPUs, AGI | Lex Fridman Podcast #490
Lex Fridman · 154:10
so I kind of trade off.