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open goal

open goal noun: an undefended goal.

Noun

open goal (plural open goals)

  1. An undefended goal.
  2. (figuratively) An opportunity that is readily available.
    • Labour missed an “open goal” to beat Theresa May and should not pretend it achieved a famous victory, a former shadow chancellor has said.2017 June 10, “Labour should have won against May's ‘open goal’, says MP”, in The Guardian, sourced from Press Association, →ISSN
    • Reeves, a former Bank of England economist, was presented with an open goal thanks to Kwasi Kwarteng’s badly received mini-budget and she was determined not miss it.2022 September 26, Larry Elliott, “Rachel Reeves was never going to miss the open goal left by the Tories”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Forms of open goal

pluralopen goals

Questions about open goal

What does open goal mean?
Open goal means an undefended goal.
What part of speech is open goal?
Open goal is a noun.
What is the plural of open goal?
The plural of open goal is open goals.

Words near open goal in the dictionary

  1. open flues
  2. open fracture
  3. open fractures
  4. open game
  5. open games
  6. open goal
  7. open goals
  8. open half space
  9. open half spaces
  10. open harp
  11. open harps

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