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Throw-in   /θroʊ-ɪn/   Listen
Throw-in

noun
1.
(rugby) an act or instance of throwing a ball in to put it into play.





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... great deal of scrimmaging, but very few kicks and very few runs. The ball was half the time invisible, and the other half in touch. Mr Freshfield had time after time to order a throw-in to be repeated, or rule a kick as "off-side." The more ardent players forgot the duty of protecting their flanks and rear; and the more timid neglected their chances of "piling up" the scrimmages. The Sixth got in the way of the Sixth, and the School often ...
— A Dog with a Bad Name • Talbot Baines Reed


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