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scrimmage line

noun as in dividing line in football between offense and defense

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Mildren faded just behind the scrimmage line on the next play and found Harrison again, the split end grabbing the ball just inside the 5 and racing over.

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By 11:30 p.m., police had formed a scrimmage line and were trying to disperse the crowd.

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Unable to remember the plays, the boy was called offsides — crossing the scrimmage line before the ball was snapped — six or seven times in a row in a single game, his father said.

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Teddy pots it over the top of the scrimmage line and there we go.

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The Canadian Football League announced that the scrimmage line for “convert” kicks after touchdowns will be moved back 20 yards, to the 32.

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