passing shot


nounTennis.
  1. a shot played to one side of and beyond the reach of an opponent coming to or stationed at the net.

Origin of passing shot

1
First recorded in 1945–50

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How to use passing shot in a sentence

  • And with this passing shot, to which neither of his auditors responded, he made his final obeisance and calmly left the room.

    The Sword of Damocles | Anna Katharine Green
  • For a moment, Robert's hard-hit passing shot seemed to have scored.

    Manners of the Age | Horace Brown Fyfe
  • He had probably been knocked down by the wind of a passing shot.

British Dictionary definitions for passing shot

passing shot

noun
  1. tennis a winning shot hit outside an opponent's reach

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