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captain's tries

captain's tries is the plural of captain's try.

Meaning of captain's try

Noun

captain's try (plural captain's tries)

  1. A try scored by a captain when their team is in need of inspiration.
    • The reigning world sevens champions were heading out of the tournament trailing 10-5 in the dying seconds of the quarter-final clash before a captain's try from Karl Te Nana brought them level at 10-10 and took the game to sudden death.2003 Aussies crash out of Rugby Sevens ABC News, 5 December 2003. Accessed 8 June 2019.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see captain, -'s, try.

Questions about captain's tries

What is captain's tries the plural of?
Captain's tries is the plural of captain's try.

Words near captain's tries in the dictionary

  1. captain's pick
  2. captain's picks
  3. captain's run
  4. captain's servant
  5. captain's table
  6. captain's tries
  7. captain's try
  8. captain's walk
  9. captain-lieutenant
  10. captaincies
  11. captaincy

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