draw shot
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of draw shot
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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Advancing by virtue of the second tiebreaker — a pregame test called the draw shot challenge — Japan will get a rematch against Switzerland in Friday’s semifinal.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2022
Shuster was heavy on his last shot and Edin made a perfect draw shot to score two points.
From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2018
Shuster made him pay with a perfect draw shot and a score of two.
From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2018
If the sweepers could add two feet to a draw shot that would be a significant advantage to the team using the new brooms.
From New York Times • Nov. 19, 2015
To make a draw shot, therefore, between two who drive the cross, it is necessary that the center of both balls should pass directly through the cross; a thing that very rarely happens.
From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney
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