yardage
- noun
- /ˈjɑrdɪdʒ/
- He has more combined yardage than any top running back in the game right now.
- gains yardage
- positive yardage
- yardage running play
But that's how you figure out how much yardage you're actually using per garment.
- But that's how you figure out how much yardage you're actually using per garment.
- Is, is that, you know, when I'm talking about short yardage defense or goal line defense, is that we have our feet and knock back.
Examples
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Cunningham has rushed for more yardage than any quarterback in NFL history.
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Although it appeared to be about a 64-yard runback, the official yardage was 57 yards.
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I mean, trying to run 20% or 30% more yardage.
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Man, we lost that year, but I did pretty well in yardage.
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The defense is bound to give up yardage and points if you give Oregon extra chances.
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I think that you'd get more yardage if you used your offensive line more.
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In a familiar refrain, Dallas is once again in a long yardage situation: second and 15.
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When Lattimore is getting his carries, getting positive yardage, Shaw is also getting yardage and making the throws.
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Career rankings of the single-game yardage totals of Andre Johnson's last two games.
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He has more combined yardage than any top running back in the game right now.
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Etymology
Yardage comes from yard, which is a unit meaning 'three feet', plus the ending -age that shows an 'amount', as in mileage. So yardage means the total distance measured in yards, which is why you hear it in sports or when measuring a room.