three-minute warning
three-minute warning · three-minute warnings
A timeout and warning given to the coaches with three minutes to go before the end of…A timeout and warning given to the coaches with three minutes to go before the end of each half; after this point, the clock stops at the end of every play. Analogous to the two-minute warning of American football.
Meaning
1 senses(Canadian)A timeout and warning given to the coaches with three minutes to go before the end of each half; after this point, the clock stops at the end of every play. Analogous to the two-minute warning of American football.
Forms
plural: three-minute warnings| Singular | three-minute warning |
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| Plural | three-minute warnings |
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