Definition of ref
: a referee in a game or sport
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Referees just have to separate the flopping from the legitimate fouling, just as NBA refs do.
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Once the ref makes his call, Neymar pops up, seemingly recovered, and ready to return to play.
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The owner flipped it to the ref, who shook his head.
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The ref made a good call and between me and Billy there's no problem.
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Top refs are hard to find, so why limit the pool to half the population?
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The message: with all due respect, ref, your eyes are wrong.
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The ref called Oak Hill for three seconds in the lane.
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Muller screams to the ref about Sweden’s time-wasting.
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