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"form": "clean sheets",
"tags": [
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}
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
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"An absence of debts or indictments."
],
"id": "en-clean_sheet-en-noun-WZWdKVzC",
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"name": "Football (soccer)",
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{
"ref": "2011 February 6, Alistair Magowan, “West Ham 0 - 1 Birmingham”, in BBC",
"text": "Birmingham had their defence to thank for a clean sheet, although they were lucky to escape when Manuel da Costa shot off-target and then headed wide.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2023 August 7, Suzanne Wrack, “England beat Nigeria on penalties to reach Women’s World Cup quarter-finals”, in The Guardian",
"text": "Nigeria had scored only three goals in three games, all against Australia, but they had also kept two clean sheets and their defensive organisation continued to frustrate England immensely.",
"type": "quotation"
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],
"glosses": [
"A game played without having conceded a goal."
],
"id": "en-clean_sheet-en-noun-XpKVoMsv",
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"conceded"
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],
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"(soccer) A game played without having conceded a goal."
],
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"_dis1": "2 96 2",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "šibākun naẓīfatun",
"sense": "(soccer) game played without having conceded a goal",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "شِباكٌ نَظِيفَةٌ"
},
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "suha mreža",
"sense": "(soccer) game played without having conceded a goal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "суха мрежа"
},
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"_dis1": "2 96 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(soccer) game played without having conceded a goal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cage inviolée"
},
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"_dis1": "2 96 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(soccer) game played without having conceded a goal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "weiße Weste"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "(soccer) game played without having conceded a goal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "czyste konto"
},
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"_dis1": "2 96 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výigryš vsuxúju",
"sense": "(soccer) game played without having conceded a goal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вы́игрыш всуху́ю"
}
]
},
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"_dis1": "0 0 100",
"word": "start with a clean sheet"
}
],
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"Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see clean, sheet."
],
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"clean",
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],
[
"sheet",
"sheet#English"
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"_dis1": "0 0 100",
"english": "same concept applied to ice hockey",
"word": "shutout"
}
]
}
],
"word": "clean sheet"
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"word": "start with a clean sheet"
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"An absence of debts or indictments."
],
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"ref": "2011 February 6, Alistair Magowan, “West Ham 0 - 1 Birmingham”, in BBC",
"text": "Birmingham had their defence to thank for a clean sheet, although they were lucky to escape when Manuel da Costa shot off-target and then headed wide.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2023 August 7, Suzanne Wrack, “England beat Nigeria on penalties to reach Women’s World Cup quarter-finals”, in The Guardian",
"text": "Nigeria had scored only three goals in three games, all against Australia, but they had also kept two clean sheets and their defensive organisation continued to frustrate England immensely.",
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],
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"A game played without having conceded a goal."
],
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],
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"(soccer) A game played without having conceded a goal."
],
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"games",
"hobbies",
"lifestyle",
"soccer",
"sports"
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},
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],
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "šibākun naẓīfatun",
"sense": "(soccer) game played without having conceded a goal",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"plural"
],
"word": "شِباكٌ نَظِيفَةٌ"
},
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"code": "bg",
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"roman": "suha mreža",
"sense": "(soccer) game played without having conceded a goal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "суха мрежа"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(soccer) game played without having conceded a goal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "cage inviolée"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "(soccer) game played without having conceded a goal",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "weiße Weste"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "(soccer) game played without having conceded a goal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "czyste konto"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "výigryš vsuxúju",
"sense": "(soccer) game played without having conceded a goal",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вы́игрыш всуху́ю"
}
],
"word": "clean sheet"
}
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