touchline
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5.4
- noun
- /ˈtʌtʃlaɪn/
- Specialized
:
línea de banda
- It's great to be a director and take on the responsibilities that come with it, but my business is down there on the touchline.
And you know, the job of captains is not like it is in rugby and soccer where you're on the touchline and you're making in play decisions.
- And you know, the job of captains is not like it is in rugby and soccer where you're on the touchline and you're making in play decisions.
- It's thanks for being there on that touchline when I was linesman, you know, thanks for not putting too much focus just on success and school reports and being top.
- Yes, when speakers, when people speaks me and Wenger, we we had our sayings on the touchline on words.
Examples
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The ball went out of play when it crossed the touchline during the match.
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And you know, the job of captains is not like it is in rugby and soccer where you're on the touchline and you're making in play decisions.
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And now I stood on the touchlines at matches and cheered my new school on against my old one.
Fiction book (1997) -
We lined up 442 with both our wide men hogging the touchline.
Blog text (1) -
He's dominating proceedings, hoping perhaps to get a bit more support as he gathers the ball on this right-hand touchline time after time.
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The coach stood nervously on the touchline, watching his team play.
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When the player kicked the ball, it flew over the touchline and stopped the game.
Synonyms
232
3.1
A line or fence that marks the edge of an area and separates it from another
29
2.6
A line that marks the side of a playing field
2
3.1
A line that shows the edge between two areas
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word touchline comes from the parts touch ('to touch') and line ('a mark or boundary'). That's why a touchline is the side line at the edge of the field in soccer or rugby that marks where the ball is out of play.