goal kick

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noun Soccer.

a free kick taken by a defensive player after the ball, having last been touched by an offensive player, has gone out of bounds over the goal line.

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Words nearby goal kick

goalball, goal crease, goaler, goalie, goalkeeper, goal kick, goal line, go all out, go all the way, goalmouth, go along

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How to use goal kick in a sentence

So however detailed the statistics of the battlefield are, they cannot achieve the goal.
Pentagon Doesn’t Know How Many People It’s Killed in the ISIS War|Nancy A. Youssef|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
So, as far as Mexican officials like Peña Nieto are concerned, the goal is to keep their countrymen here — and keep them happy.
Why Mexicans Are Enraged by Obama’s Big Tuesday Meeting|Ruben Navarrette Jr.|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
When fathers hold and play with their children, oxytocin and prolactin kick in, priming them for bonding.
How Good Dads Can Change the World|Gary Barker, PhD, Michael Kaufman|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The goal is to create a literary anatomy of the last century—or, to be precise, from 1900 to 2014.
The 2014 Novel of the Year|Nathaniel Rich|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

His goal: to make the perfect (and absolutely comfortable) high-heel, with the help from Nike CEO Mark Parker.
What, and Who, You'll Be Wearing in 2015|Justin Jones|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The latter trod on the toes of the former, whereupon the former threatened to "kick out of the cabin" the latter.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
And with that the host gave him such a kick as sent him howling into the street, amidst the roars of the company.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
I knowed, a-course, that I could go kick up a fuss when Simpson stopped by his office on his trip back from Goldstone.
Alec Lloyd, Cowpuncher|Eleanor Gates
I know I strive after the unattainable, but still every year I get nearer and nearer to the goal.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Here again the first thing necessary is a clear vision of the goal towards which we are to strive.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock

British Dictionary definitions for goal kick

goal kick

noun

soccer a kick taken from the six-yard line by the defending team after the ball has been put out of play by an opposing player

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