upfield
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- adverb
- /ˈʌpˌfiːld/
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- The player sprinted upfield to reach the end zone before the defenders could catch him.
- turned upfield
- get upfield
- run upfield
Examples
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Sometimes he goes all the way to the other side of the field before he can take it upfield.
Blog text (20) -
He tries to move upfield, but he is kicked and pushed, and the ball is taken from him.
Fiction book (1992) -
Turn it upfield and get what you can.
Blog text (30) -
Instead, Wallace turns the ball upfield and tries to get something for himself.
Blog text (25) -
He's not going to turn it upfield, is he?
Blog text (25) -
Marshall marches upfield, but with less than 30 seconds left... -...time is running out for the boys in green.
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We'd run routes hard and try to go upfield before the ball got there and drop balls.
Blog text (33) -
He breaks it upfield to the 40, 45.
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Delanie is going to run a very deep in route about 15 yards upfield from scrimmage.
Blog text (17) -
Willie Colon has been a man possessed, and Mike Adams has shown some real athleticism in getting upfield.
Blog text (16)
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Etymology
Upfield is a simple combination of up ('toward the opponents') and field ('playing area') used in sports for moving toward the other team's goal. So, to go upfield is to move nearer to the opponent's end of the field.