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forward pass

noun as in football pass toward opponent's goal

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Already, Tipping is as allergic to subtlety as a forward pass right down the middle on the 50-yard line — or whatever football play would be a really obvious one.

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England's early strategy was clearly to get the ball forward more quickly but the overall percentage of forward passes was identical to June's game against Andorra at 23%.

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A team of players who go side to side with no one willing to try something different to create space for a forward pass.

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He was ranked ninth for forward passes in Italy's top flight last term, and was fifth for through balls and carrying the ball.

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The first ended in another poor Le Roux kick and the second was a forward pass from Goosens right on the whistle.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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