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goal 1. (in various sports) the net, basket, etc. into or over which players try to propel the ball, puck, etc., to score 2. Sport a. a successful attempt at scoring b. the score so made 3. (in soccer, hockey, etc.) the position of goalkeeper
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You'll have to stay in goal to touch the ball when it rolls behind the posts, because if the other side touch it they have a try at goal. Clarence in goal was the nearest approach to an india-rubber acrobat and society contortionist to be seen off the music-hall stage. Thus, to take a long and circuitous route, after enticing the enemy out of the way, and though starting after him, to contrive to reach the goal before him, shows knowledge of the artifice of DEVIATION. |
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