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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
A tactic involving kicking the ball from defence high and far straight towards the attackers.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports
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History
Linked by some sources to the 1966-1972 BBC quiz show Quiz Ball, in which players could choose one of several "routes" of football-related questions to reach the goal. "Route 1" was the most direct, where players only needed to answer one question to get directly to the goal.
Across languages
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