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first down

  1. the first play of the set of four downs allowed to the offensive team
  2. a gain which earns the offensive team a new set of four downs

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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