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forced throw

forced throw noun: a throw to a teammate from the player who is running with the ball in order to avoid being tackled.

Noun

forced throw (plural forced throws)

  1. A throw to a teammate from the player who is running with the ball in order to avoid being tackled.
    • As he'd promised, Donny Doyle had been in the Bucks quarterback's face all day, except for the time he'd dropped to cover the running back and made a clean pick of Franks' forced throw.2007, Phil Truman, Game: Some Have It, Some Don't, page 102
    • His film — from last season, especially — also contains instances of lapsed mechanics, forced throws and shaky field vision.2020 April 23, Ken Belson, Ben Shpigel, “Full Round 1 2020 N.F.L. Picks and Analysis”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on...

Forms of forced throw

pluralforced throws

Questions about forced throw

What does forced throw mean?
Forced throw means a throw to a teammate from the player who is running with the ball in order to avoid being tackled.
What part of speech is forced throw?
Forced throw is a noun.
What is the plural of forced throw?
The plural of forced throw is forced throws.

Words near forced throw in the dictionary

  1. forced someone's hand
  2. forced something down someone's throat
  3. forced teaming
  4. forced the pace
  5. forced the voucher
  6. forced throw
  7. forced throws
  8. forced to be reckoned with
  9. forced update
  10. forced updates
  11. forced-birther

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