footfault
Americanverb (used without object)
Etymology
Origin of footfault
v. use of foot fault
Example Sentences
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It is unnecessary, and by placing your feet firmly before the service there is no need to footfault.
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The average footfault is due to carelessness, over-anxiety, or ignorance of the rule.
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"I don't know," came the reply; "unless he called a footfault on you!"
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A revival of the footfault fiend, who desires to handicap the server, is international in character and, like the poor, "always with us."
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The International Federation has practically adopted a footfault rule for 1921 that prohibits the server lifting one foot unless replaced behind the baseline.
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