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onside

/on-sahyd, awn-/US // ˈɒnˈsaɪd, ˈɔn- //UK // (ˌɒnˈsaɪd) //

边上,后侧,在边上

Definitions

  1. 1

    Sports.

    • : not offside; being within the prescribed line or area at the beginning of or during play or a play.

Examples

  • A high school coach whose teams almost never punt and almost always go for onside kicks — and whose innovative approach has yielded enormous success — is now going to test his tactics at the college level.

  • The proposal was aimed at addressing the increasing futility of attempting to recover an onside kick since the NFL put safety-related rule changes into effect on kickoffs before the 2018 season.

  • The Eagles tabled their proposal for the fourth-and-15 alternative to the onside kick.

  • Successful onside kicks have become increasingly rare in the NFL since the league enacted safety-related rule changes on kickoffs before the 2018 season.

  • If Fuller could master onside kicks, she’d be a valuable asset to any NFL team.

  • His most important contribution was recovering an onside kick while playing with the special team.

  • The young men he called his boys must have all agreed that it was very hard to hurt yourself demonstrating an onside kick.

  • The old man was demonstrating an onside kick when he injured his hip.

  • Onside kicks,” came suddenly from Sid, who had been somewhat quiet.