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own goals

own goals is the plural of own goal.

Meaning of own goal

Noun

own goal (plural own goals)

  1. A goal that results from a player putting the ball or puck into the goal of their own team; the resulting goal being scored for the opposition.
    • Madagascar's soccer authorities have banned Stade Olympique de L'Emyrne (SOE)'s coach and four of the team's players after they scored a world record 149 own goals in a match last month.2002 November 29, “Team punished for 149-0 own-goal farce”, in The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    self goal, autogoal
  2. (figuratively) A blunder that damages one’s own prospects.
    • In its penultimate year, for example, starting from when the Provos blew up Canary Wharf in February 1996, the IRA suffered its last 'own goal' when Wexford-born Ed O'Brien blew himself up on a London bus whilst transporting a bomb.2008, Henry McDonald, Gunsmoke and mirrors: how Sinn Féin dressed up defeat as victory

Questions about own goals

What is own goals the plural of?
Own goals is the plural of own goal.

Words near own goals in the dictionary

  1. Owmby-by-Spital
  2. own
  3. own brand
  4. own brands
  5. own goal
  6. own goals
  7. own label
  8. own labels
  9. own motion
  10. own time, own target
  11. own up

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