offside - use in sentences

Converse of object

  • adjudge: Matty McNeil had the ball in the net in the first minute, but was adjudged offside.
  • stray: Alberto Gilardino then gets pulled up for straying offside.
  • catch: For example, we catch an opponent offside to get a free-kick.
  • flag: Whitton went away with Chris Williams pumping the ball forward toward new signing Jordan Smith who was flagged offside.
  • rule: Magpies ruled offside in VAT tribunal Press release Read more.. .
  • judge: Assistant Referees are nearly always in a better position than the Referee to judge offside.

Preposition: at

  • ruck: A penalty for offside at a ruck by the Eagles saw the Roubaix kicker shave the post.

Adjective modifier

  • rear: Most of the main sub-frame at the rear end offside will have to be replaced.

Modifies a noun

  • trap: Danny Thornton beat the offside trap to give Shelf an interval lead.
  • flag: On this occasion the offside flag was raised to curb the threat.
  • infringement: Surely the Referee should have stopped play for the offside infringement?
  • attacker: The ball hits the crossbar and rebounds to the offside attacker who shoots and scores a goal.
  • position: Being in an offside position is not an offense in itself.
  • rule: MN: In the meantime, the offside rule, you know the offside rule, don't you?

Noun used with modifier

  • yard: A hopeless referee and linesman combined to cost us what would have been a lucky point when they missed a 5 yard offside incident.
  • mile: I even had a fan near me who constantly shouted " you are miles offside " to McLaren at goal kicks.
  • player: By fairly manipulating Law 11, defenders can quickly move up field with the aim of catching attacking players offside.
  • caught: OWEN: 5/10 Caught offside far to much and withdrawn after sixty minutes.

Preposition: of

  • vehicle: Steering The steering wheel must be on the offside of the vehicle.
  • canal: Our boundary on the offside of the canal stretches inland for approximately 12ft from the water line.

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