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high tackles

high tackles is the plural of high tackle.

Meaning of high tackle

Noun

high tackle (plural high tackles)

  1. A dangerous form of tackling in which a player tackles above the shoulders.
    • The game was never going to be won by how good a team attacks, though, but with defence. When captain Kolisi was sin-binned for a high tackle, the Boks could've easily capitulated.2023 October 28, Leighton Koopman, “YES!!! The Springboks beat the All Blacks to win another Rugby World Cup title”, in Independent Online

Questions about high tackles

What is high tackles the plural of?
High tackles is the plural of high tackle.

Words near high tackles in the dictionary

  1. high surrogate
  2. high surrogates
  3. high table
  4. high tables
  5. high tackle
  6. high tackles
  7. High Tang
  8. high taper
  9. high tapers
  10. high tea
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