to rush
- verb
- /rʌʃ/
- Jargon
- BYU answered back minutes later as Jamaal Williams rushed for 16 yards and the TD.
- rushing yards
- rushing touchdown
- rushed for 100 yards
Examples
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Second-year running back Stevan Ridley rushed for a career-high 125 yards and a score.
Blog text (5) -
Duffus did most of the heavy lifting by rushing eight times for 33 yards on the drive.
Blog text (6) -
Late in the game's first half, Zack tackled a runner rushing toward the end zone.
Academic text (2011) -
Eighteen touchdown passes, and he's rushed for 12 more.
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In the final quarter, the team executed a perfect play as the quarterback decided to rush the ball himself.
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With only seconds left on the clock, he made the bold choice to rush through the defensive line for a game-winning touchdown.
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The star player often rushes down the field, dodging defenders to gain precious yards for his team.
Synonyms
A play where a player carries the ball instead of passing
Climb quickly using your hands and feet on steep or rough ground
To move very quickly to reach a place
Run quickly toward a place or thing to reach it first
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Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- UK
A tall plant with many soft, upright stems that grows at the edges of ponds and marshes
A grass-like wetland plant with thin round stems that spreads along the ground
- Australian
A tall Australian plant that grows in wet places and has hollow stems in separate sections
- Specialized
A wildflower with narrow leaves and pale violet or white flowers that grows in wetlands in North America
A grass with thin, stiff stems and flower groups covered by leaves that grows in wet ground
- Specialized
A plant with thin stems that grows in clumps in wet places like marshes
- Specialized
A water plant with thin leaves kept in aquariums to give oxygen to the water
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Etymology
To rush in football is to carry the ball by running, which is the same idea of moving quickly or pushing ahead, so that play is called a rush.