split the house

verb

To use the strategy of drawing to a different area of the house to prevent one's opponent from taking out both stones.

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Meanings

verbsplit the house (third-person singular simple present splits the house, present participle splitting the house, simple past and past participle split the house)

present singular third person splits the house · participle present splitting the house

  1. ball gamesTo use the strategy of drawing to a different area of the house to prevent one's opponent from taking out both stones.
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APA

split the house. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/split%20the%20house

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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “split the house,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/split%20the%20house.

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