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to prevent your opponent from scoring in a game or sport

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to use your body to stop someone from hitting something, or to stop a ball from going somewhere

to start a game of hockey by hitting another player’s stick and then the ground before trying to hit the ball

to make an opponent fall over when you are playing a game, such as football

to leave a sports field and be replaced by another member of your team

to arrive on a sports field in order to replace another member of your team

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in some sports, to stay very close to an opposing player in order to prevent them from scoring a goal or getting a point

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to stop an opponent from winning or scoring

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if a player dives, they deliberately fall to the ground in order to pretend that an opponent has made them fall

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to pretend to make a movement, especially to trick an opponent in a sport or fight

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to be the team that throws and tries to catch the ball during a game while members of the other team try to hit it. The other team bats

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to do something in a game that is not allowed by the rules

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to do something to another player that is not allowed by the rules

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to drop a ball

to walk onto a sports field in order to replace a member of your team

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in a sport such as basketball, to try to prevent your opponent from scoring or from playing effectively

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to use something such as a bat to make a ball move

to start to play well against an opponent who was winning

to stop an opponent from starting to win or lead

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to stay close to a member of the other team in a game such as football in order to prevent them from getting the ball or playing effectively

to prevent an opponent from winning in a game or competition

if two or more teams or players who have the same number of points in a competition play off, they play a game or games to see who is the winner

to continue to play a game, often after someone has been injured or has done something that is not allowed by the rules

to continue to play a sport until the end of a particular period

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if you receive a ball in a game, someone sends it towards you

to tell a sports player officially to leave the sports field because they have done something that is not allowed by the rules

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in sport, to keep your body close to the ball and prevent an opponent from touching it

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in sports, to give an advantage to someone who you are playing against, usually because they are not as good as you

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to try to take the ball from an opponent in a game such as football

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to get control of something from an opponent

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to get something from an opponent in a game or sports competition

in football, if a player throws in or throws the ball in, they throw it back onto the field after it has gone out

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to deliberately make a player on the opposing team fall during a football match

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in sport, to make an opponent go in the wrong direction by suddenly changing the direction in which you move, or hit or kick a ball

if two opponents or teams change ends, they each move to the opposite half of a tennis court or football pitch