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forward pass
noun as in football pass toward opponent's goal
Example Sentences
Their algorithm, instead of relying on a matrix of weights recorded from the forward pass, used a matrix initialized with random values for the backward pass.
They made a number of rules changes, the most important of which was to legalize the forward pass.
Professional football is a sport that dominates America, the forward pass dominates football, and Rodgers dominates the pass.
Rabbit had it and was preparing to throw a forward pass to Dave Powers, who had run around left end to receive it.
The ball had touched Lakeville's thirty-yard line, when Jump intercepted a forward pass and ran it back a third of that distance.
With seven to go, a forward pass was tried and succeeded for enough to make the distance.
A forward pass, Harris to Edwards, gained eight, and Harris made it first down past left tackle.
A forward-pass to Edwards went short and Clint knocked it out of the eager hands of a Claflin player.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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