foul trouble
noun
sports
: the state of having committed several fouls : the state of being close to fouling out
a basketball player in foul trouble
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Well, Colson got in foul trouble about every night, including the National Championship game against Notre Dame.
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Danny Davis, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Alex Hannum, the Hawks coach who had to put himself into the game because of his team’s foul trouble, drew up a wild play in a desperate attempt to force a third OT.
—The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 22 June 2025
Those two helped the Pacers stave off a return trip to Madison Square Garden for Game 7 even though starting center Myles Turner and wing Aaron Nesmith both got into early foul trouble.
—Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Also, some teams have been intentionally fouling weaker free-throw shooters, or baiting less adept defenders into contact, in an attempt to get them into foul trouble and force them off the court.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 11 May 2025
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Danny Davis, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Alex Hannum, the Hawks coach who had to put himself into the game because of his team’s foul trouble, drew up a wild play in a desperate attempt to force a third OT.
—The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 22 June 2025
Those two helped the Pacers stave off a return trip to Madison Square Garden for Game 7 even though starting center Myles Turner and wing Aaron Nesmith both got into early foul trouble.
—Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Also, some teams have been intentionally fouling weaker free-throw shooters, or baiting less adept defenders into contact, in an attempt to get them into foul trouble and force them off the court.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 11 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for foul trouble
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“Foul trouble.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foul%20trouble. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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