own goal Idioma
pull the goalie (hockey)
remove the goaltender and use an extra skater After our coach pulled the goalie we scored and tied the game.
Move the goalposts
When people move the goalposts, they change the standards required for something to their advantage.
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.
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.
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.an own goal
1. In sports, a ambition that a amateur accidentally array for the opposing team. I can't accept we absent the championship because of an own goal. I was aggravating to get the bogie out of our zone, but I denticulate an own goal—how mortifying!2. An activity pursued because it seems benign but that ultimately has a adverse effect. Sheila's accent was declared to win her added supporters, but it became an own ambition already she started blubbering off-topic. The law seemed promising, but it has generated such able activity that it's become an own ambition for the president.Learn more: goal, ownan own goal
BRITISHCOMMON An own goal is a advance of activity which is advised to accompany you an advantage and which instead causes a botheration for you. It was a archetypal own ambition by the appearance house. They brought their prices down to allure added barter but absent the high-end barter that they already had. Note: In sports such as football and hockey, if addition array an own goal, they accidentally account a ambition for the aggregation they are arena adjoin by animadversion the brawl into their own net. Learn more: goal, own
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