foul line
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- noun
- /faʊl laɪn/
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línea de tiros libres
- But Bosh also drove to the rim and earned nine trips to the foul line.
- percent from the foul line
- gets to the foul line
- go to the foul line
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Felton finished with 25 points, seven assists, and got to the foul line three times.
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Faried also was 8-10 from the foul line, incredible!
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Get to the foul line.
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The big plus for Denver over the years has been an advantage at the foul line in attempted shots.
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Gasol had 24 points, with half of those coming from the foul line.
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Bosh, who is shooting 90 percent from the foul line this year, made both.
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The Nuggets were only 13-19 from the foul line last night.
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The first time, Bosh rolled hard to the rim after a screen and earned a trip to the foul line.
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He shot 93% from the foul line, 44% from beyond the arc, and 49% from the field.
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In the final minutes of the game, the player calmly stepped up to the foul line to take his free throws.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is compositionally built from 'foul' (relating to a rule-breaking or undesirable state) + 'line' (a boundary or mark), so a learner who knows both words can infer it denotes a boundary associated with fouls. However, the precise function and placement of the foul line are baseball-specific and the sense of 'foul' here is specialized, so the meaning is not fully predictable without sport knowledge.
Etymology
Foul line in basketball is the marked line where a player stands to shoot free throws after a foul. The line shows the place for these special shots, so the name links the spot to a 'foul' and the free throw that follows.