foul out
verb
fouled out; fouling out; fouls out
: to be put out of a basketball game for exceeding the number of fouls permitted
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Green and Ousmane Dieng fouled out in the fourth, leaving the Bucks with six available players to finish the game.
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CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
Anderson was among three Tigers who fouled out, for instance, and Michigan had four players score between 23 and 18 points.
—Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2026
Texas had subbed 7-foot center Matas Vokietaitis out of the game with 11 seconds left after Boilermakers big man Oscar Cluff had fouled out, giving Purdue a better opportunity in the paint.
—Janie McCauley, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
Jalen Wilson scored 15 points; Malachi Smith had 12 in the first game of his second 10-day contract and Chaney Johnson added 11 before fouling out with 55 seconds left.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
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CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
Anderson was among three Tigers who fouled out, for instance, and Michigan had four players score between 23 and 18 points.
—Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2026
Texas had subbed 7-foot center Matas Vokietaitis out of the game with 11 seconds left after Boilermakers big man Oscar Cluff had fouled out, giving Purdue a better opportunity in the paint.
—Janie McCauley, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
Jalen Wilson scored 15 points; Malachi Smith had 12 in the first game of his second 10-day contract and Chaney Johnson added 11 before fouling out with 55 seconds left.
—C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
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“Foul out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foul%20out. Accessed 30 Mar. 2026.
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