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offsides
Variant of offside
adjective
Sports not in the proper position for play; specif.,
- Football over the line of scrimmage or otherwise ahead of the ball before the play has begun, and hence subject to penalty
- Ice Hockey moving into the attacking zone ahead of the puck
adverb
into an offside position: to jump offside
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