touch the ball down
idiom
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or touch down the ball
rugby
: to score by putting the ball on the ground behind an opponent's goal line
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The main objective is to touch the ball down in the opponent’s in-goal area, or the tryzone, for a score — worth five points.
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Samuel O’Neal, Idaho Statesman, 7 June 2024
But Mixon didn’t touch the ball down the stretch.
—Michael Niziolek, cleveland, 25 Sep. 2022
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Samuel O’Neal, Idaho Statesman, 7 June 2024
But Mixon didn’t touch the ball down the stretch.
—Michael Niziolek, cleveland, 25 Sep. 2022
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“Touch the ball down.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/touch%20the%20ball%20down. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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