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scrimmage line

noun as in dividing line in football between offense and defense

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Mildren faded just behind the scrimmage line on the next play and found Harrison again, the split end grabbing the ball just inside the 5 and racing over.

By 11:30 p.m., police had formed a scrimmage line and were trying to disperse the crowd.

Unable to remember the plays, the boy was called offsides — crossing the scrimmage line before the ball was snapped — six or seven times in a row in a single game, his father said.

Teddy pots it over the top of the scrimmage line and there we go.

The Canadian Football League announced that the scrimmage line for “convert” kicks after touchdowns will be moved back 20 yards, to the 32.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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