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forward pass

noun

, Football.
  1. a pass in which the ball is thrown in the direction of advance toward the opponent's goal.


forward pass

noun

  1. rugby an illegal pass towards the opponent's dead-ball line Also calledthrow-forward
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of forward pass1

First recorded in 1900–05
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Example Sentences

Their algorithm, instead of relying on a matrix of weights recorded from the forward pass, used a matrix initialized with random values for the backward pass.

They made a number of rules changes, the most important of which was to legalize the forward pass.

Professional football is a sport that dominates America, the forward pass dominates football, and Rodgers dominates the pass.

Rabbit had it and was preparing to throw a forward pass to Dave Powers, who had run around left end to receive it.

The ball had touched Lakeville's thirty-yard line, when Jump intercepted a forward pass and ran it back a third of that distance.

With seven to go, a forward pass was tried and succeeded for enough to make the distance.

A forward pass, Harris to Edwards, gained eight, and Harris made it first down past left tackle.

A forward-pass to Edwards went short and Clint knocked it out of the eager hands of a Claflin player.

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