- free throw
- {n.} A shot at the basket in basketball without interference from opponents. * /Mike scored the winning point on a free throw./ Compare: FIELD GOAL(2), FOUL SHOT.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
free throw
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free throw — noun an unhindered basketball shot from the foul line; given to penalize the other team for committing a foul • Syn: ↑foul shot, ↑penalty free throw, ↑charity toss, ↑charity throw, ↑charity shot • Hypernyms: ↑basketball shot … Useful english dictionary
free throw — {n.} A shot at the basket in basketball without interference from opponents. * /Mike scored the winning point on a free throw./ Compare: FIELD GOAL(2), FOUL SHOT … Dictionary of American idioms
free throw — noun A shot, worth one point, taken from the free throw line and without opposition. Syn: foul shot … Wiktionary
free throw — noun Free throw is used before these nouns: ↑line … Collocations dictionary
free\ throw — noun A shot at the basket in basketball without interference from opponents. Mike scored the winning point on a free throw. Compare: field goal(2), foul shot … Словарь американских идиом
