route one football
A tactic involving kicking the ball from defence high and far straight towards the…A tactic involving kicking the ball from defence high and far straight towards the attackers.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A tactic involving kicking the ball from defence high and far straight towards the attackers.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
Linked by some sources to the 1966-1972 BBC quiz show Quiz Ball, in which players could chLinked by some sources to the 1966-1972 BBC quiz show Quiz Ball, in which players could choose one of several "routes" of football-related questions to reach the goal. "Route 1" was the most direct, where players only needed to answer one question to get directly to the goal.
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Word family
1 related wordsDerivedroute-one
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable