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out balls

out balls is the plural of out ball.

Meaning of out ball

Noun

out ball (plural out balls)

  1. A chance to clear the ball to an attacking teammate, or such an attacker; a target man.
    • With Carlos Tevez chasing down every lost cause like his life depended on it, City always had an out ball but Arsenal had such a monopoly on possession that they barely had to give thought even to the Argentine.2011 January 5, Jonathan Stevenson, “Arsenal 0 - 0 Man City”, in BBC

Questions about out balls

What is out balls the plural of?
Out balls is the plural of out ball.

Words near out balls in the dictionary

  1. out at elbows
  2. out at heels
  3. out at the heels
  4. out back
  5. out ball
  6. out balls
  7. out cold
  8. out for a duck
  9. out for blood
  10. out for the count
  11. out ground

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