score an own goal イディオム

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pull the goalie (hockey)

remove the goaltender and use an extra skater After our coach pulled the goalie we scored and tied the game.

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Move the goalposts

When people move the goalposts, they change the standards required for something to their advantage.

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field goal|field|goal

n. 1. A score in football made by kicking the ball over the bar between the goal posts. The Giants were not able to make a touchdown but they kicked two field goals.
Compare: EXTRA POINT. 2. A score in basketball made by a successful shot through the basket not made on a free throw. A field goal counts two points.
Compare: FOUL SHOT, FREE THROW.

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goal line|goal|line

n. A line that marks the goal in a game (as football.) The fullback went over the goal line from five yards out.

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goal line stand|goal|goal line|stand

n. A strong defensive effort right in front of the goal line. A goal line stand by the home team held the visitors on the two-yard line.

score an own goal

To acquire a point for the opposing aggregation by scoring a ambition on one's own net. (Used abnormally in advertence to soccer.) We were never able to achieve our advance afterwards Thomas denticulate an own ambition backward in the additional half.Learn more: goal, own, score

score an own goal

1 (in football) account a ambition by aberration adjoin your own side. 2 do article that has the adventitious aftereffect of harming your own interests. informal 2 1991 Brian MacArthur Despatches from the Gulf War Television's mission to explain was taken to its alien absolute and at times denticulate an own ambition by developing a bent adjoin understanding. Learn more: goal, own, score

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