out of pitch

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It looks destined to run through to Courtois but before the keeper can cover four yards Mbappe has covered 15, but he then runs out of pitch.

From The Guardian • Oct. 7, 2021

Poland get the corner away but can’t fashion a counter, Lewandowski running out of pitch down the right.

From The Guardian • Jun. 23, 2021

Barcelona were slicing through Celtic, the moves not finished until they had virtually run out of pitch.

From The Guardian • Sep. 13, 2016

And the attack doesn’t end there, either - it switches flanks and Coleman dashes down the right, running out of pitch, but not before backheeling the ball against Wawrzywiak’s shins.

From The Guardian • Oct. 11, 2015

"Yes, we have both been unstrung, as you call it, today," she said, decidedly out of pitch.

From The Damnation of Theron Ware by Frederic, Harold