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broken-field definition

broken-field (-fēld′)

adjective

Football, Rugby of or having to do with running in which the ball carrier zigzags so as to go past defenders and avoid being tackled by them

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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