far post
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- noun
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poste lejano
- Despite disappearing at times in the second half, Martinez showed a ton of confidence in wasting no time in ripping that shot to the far post.
- shot at the far post
Examples
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I told you to cover the far post.
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His shot was perfectly placed to the far post, and Iker Casillas had no chance to make a save.
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For a forward, it's first nature -- one guy goes to the near post and one guy goes to the far post.
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The midfielder managed to drag his shot just wide of the far post, however.
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This time, Fields beat Sanchez to the ball and bounced it off the far post and back into the goal.
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He scored from a difficult angle on the left side as his shot banged off the far post and into the net.
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Cassandra Orozco was waiting near the far post and placed a beautiful header across the face of the goal and into the back of the net.
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Kevin Ten Eyck, with his back to goal, was able to turn and hit a volley that beat Waltman to his far post.
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In the tenth minute, Marco Caballero from Mission High shot a free kick on the right side of the penalty box and bent it in near the far post.
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His shot was perfectly placed to the far post, and Iker Casillas had no chance to make a save.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the goalpost that is farthest from the player' is directly and compositionally derived from 'far' (at a distance) + 'post' (an upright marker/goalpost). While the phrase is often used in a sports context, the spatial relationship is transparent and should be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituent words.
Etymology
Far post comes from sport and names the goal post that is far from the player. Players often cross or shoot to the far post because the goalkeeper and defenders are usually nearer the other side, so far post today means the goalpost farthest from the player or the 'place to aim'.