Football phrasal verbs
OK, so the BLC Blogger is a bit football obsessed right now. What do you expect, it's the World Cup!Below you'll find some common phrasal verbs (or nouns derived from them, notice the use of the hyphen for the nouns) that you can use in a football context. (When talking about football, we'll use the British terminology, given that "soccer", as it's called in the States, is much less popular there. We'll be giving the American English in parentheses, though.)
- Both halves of the match (AmEng game) start with a kick-off. [to kick (something) off - to start something]
- The visiting team's striker was brought down in the penalty area. [to bring someone down - to tackle them so that they fall onto the ground]
- It was a terrible foul, and the defender was immediately sent off. [to send someone off - to expel them from the game]
- Spain is sure to go through to the next round. [to go through - to advance]
- The match was called off on account of rain. [to call something off - to cancel a scheduled event]
- Jeremy is going to try out for a place on the local team. [to try out (for something) - to try to win a place on a team or in a group]
- A goal cannot be scored directly from a throw-in. [to throw the ball in - the put the ball back into play with your hands when it crosses the touchline]
- When the football match was over, we went to the pub. [to be over - to be finished, completed]
- They were down 3-nil (AmEng 3-zero) in the 80th minute, and knew they would never catch up. But they didn't give up and kept playing their hardest. After all, as they say: "It ain't over 'til the fat lady sings!" [to catch up (to someone) - to reach the same level when you are behind] [to give up (doing something) - to stop trying to do something because it's too difficult]
-With the round of 16, the World Cup becomes a knock-out competition. [to knock someone out - to eliminate them from competition by defeating them]
- The visiting team's striker was brought down in the penalty area. [to bring someone down - to tackle them so that they fall onto the ground]
- It was a terrible foul, and the defender was immediately sent off. [to send someone off - to expel them from the game]
- Spain is sure to go through to the next round. [to go through - to advance]
- The match was called off on account of rain. [to call something off - to cancel a scheduled event]
- Jeremy is going to try out for a place on the local team. [to try out (for something) - to try to win a place on a team or in a group]
- A goal cannot be scored directly from a throw-in. [to throw the ball in - the put the ball back into play with your hands when it crosses the touchline]
- When the football match was over, we went to the pub. [to be over - to be finished, completed]
- They were down 3-nil (AmEng 3-zero) in the 80th minute, and knew they would never catch up. But they didn't give up and kept playing their hardest. After all, as they say: "It ain't over 'til the fat lady sings!" [to catch up (to someone) - to reach the same level when you are behind] [to give up (doing something) - to stop trying to do something because it's too difficult]
-With the round of 16, the World Cup becomes a knock-out competition. [to knock someone out - to eliminate them from competition by defeating them]
We hope you've enjoyed this sampling of phrasal verbs. Remember, the old BLC student newsletter has an index of the phrasal verbs presented in issues of newsletters.
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