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near-falls

near-falls is the plural of near-fall.

Meaning of near-fall

Noun

near-fall (plural near-falls)

  1. A wrestling maneuver where shoulders are pinned to the mat for between one and two seconds. Alternatively a two second approach of shoulders to within two inches of the mat also counts for scoring.

Questions about near-falls

What is near-falls the plural of?
Near-falls is the plural of near-fall.

Words near near-falls in the dictionary

  1. near-Earth object
  2. near-Earth objects
  3. near-endemic
  4. near-endemics
  5. near-fall
  6. near-falls
  7. near-field
  8. near-fields
  9. near-hand
  10. near-minimal pair
  11. near-minimal pairs

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