: a pass (as in football) made in the direction of the opponent's goal
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City’s new signing, who turns 27 next month, also ranked fifth for through balls and ninth for forward passes in Serie A last season.—Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 9 June 2025 Lurie recalled reading about how the forward pass was once controversial in the sport’s early days.—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 21 May 2025 Mitchell, having received Eberechi Eze’s forward pass, combines with Wilfried Zaha to find his way in behind Villa right-back Matty Cash.—Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 16 May 2025 Such is the strength of the connection between the Netherlands internationals that Van Dijk’s 147 forward passes to Gravenberch are comfortably the highest of any centre-back-to-midfielder combination in the Premier League.—Mark Carey, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for forward pass
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