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high challenge

high challenge noun: a tackle that is high up the targeted player's shin/legs.

Noun

high challenge (plural high challenges)

  1. A tackle that is high up the targeted player's shin/legs.
    • ANOTHER PENALTY: Frickson Erazo with a high challenge in the area on the onrushing Lizio and Aguilar blows up for a spot kick.2015, (Please provide the book title or journal name)
    • In the ninth minute, Mile Jedinak was booked for a high challenge on Christian Cueva, who was looking to break in the middle of the park.2018 June 26, “Guerrero, Carrillo Score as Peru Spoils Australia Knockout Stage Bid”, in Sports Illustrated

Examples of high challenge in a sentence

  • Chris Duvall was handed a straight red for a high challenge on Andrea Pirlo.2016 July 5, Ryan Brister, “MLS Week 17 Recap, Highlights: NYCFC take derby, more”, in Empire Of Soccer:
  • It occurred after Roldan mistakenly booked Cameroon's Sebastien Siani for a high challenge on Germany's Emre Can which had been committed by team-mate Ernest Mabouka.2018 June 17, “Gareth Southgate's England squad arrive in Volgograd ahead of World Cup opener against Tunisia”, in Daily Mail:
  • Álvarez is deservedly booked for a high challenge on Neymar.2018 July 2, “As it happened: Brazil v Mexico, World Cup last 16”, in The 42:

Forms of high challenge

pluralhigh challenges

Questions about high challenge

What does high challenge mean?
High challenge means a tackle that is high up the targeted player's shin/legs.
How do you use high challenge in a sentence?
Chris Duvall was handed a straight red for a high challenge on Andrea Pirlo.
What part of speech is high challenge?
High challenge is a noun.
What is the plural of high challenge?
The plural of high challenge is high challenges.

Words near high challenge in the dictionary

  1. high centred
  2. high centres
  3. high centring
  4. high chair
  5. high chairs
  6. high challenge
  7. high challenges
  8. high church
  9. High Churchism
  10. high churchman
  11. high churchmanship

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