two-minute warning

[too-min-it]

noun

Football.

1. a timeout called by an official to notify both teams that two minutes remain in a half.

Example Sentences

The book also says when to try for a 2-point conversion, whether to attempt an onside kick or to kick deep and how to manage the two-minute warning—nearly everything outside of Xs and Os.

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Dutifully, fill-in Max Mitchell checked the box with a false start just before the two-minute warning.

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The oversight committee also approved implementation of an NFL-style two-minute warning at the end of the second and fourth quarters.

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Because McVay didn’t use his final timeout until after the two-minute warning, Goff needed only to take three knees in victory formation to send Ford Field into a frenzy.

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But on the next play, Smith was sacked by Harold Landry setting up another key third down — this time Seattle needing 14 yards to convert, on a play that snapped after the two-minute warning.

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