"near post" meaning in English

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    {
      "word": "far post"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "near posts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "near post (plural near posts)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Football (soccer)",
          "orig": "en:Football (soccer)",
          "parents": [
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            "Ball games",
            "Sports",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2022 February 27, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "This was a small element of a remarkably assured performance that started with a crucial early save from Christian Pulisic and also saw him deny Chelsea a last-gasp win with a near-post block from Romelu Lukaku in the closing seconds of extra time.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The goalpost nearest from which a cross is made."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "soccer",
          "soccer"
        ],
        [
          "goalpost",
          "goalpost"
        ],
        [
          "cross",
          "cross"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(soccer, idiomatic) The goalpost nearest from which a cross is made."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "soccer",
        "sports"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "goalpost",
          "word": "etutolppa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "goalpost",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "premier poteau"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "goalpost",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "słupek bliski"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "goalpost",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "primeira trave"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "near post"
}

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "far post"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "near posts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "near post (plural near posts)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Football (soccer)"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2022 February 27, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 0-0 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "This was a small element of a remarkably assured performance that started with a crucial early save from Christian Pulisic and also saw him deny Chelsea a last-gasp win with a near-post block from Romelu Lukaku in the closing seconds of extra time.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The goalpost nearest from which a cross is made."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "soccer",
          "soccer"
        ],
        [
          "goalpost",
          "goalpost"
        ],
        [
          "cross",
          "cross"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(soccer, idiomatic) The goalpost nearest from which a cross is made."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "soccer",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "En-au-near post.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/31/En-au-near_post.ogg/En-au-near_post.ogg.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "goalpost",
      "word": "etutolppa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "goalpost",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "premier poteau"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "goalpost",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "słupek bliski"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "goalpost",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "primeira trave"
    }
  ],
  "word": "near post"
}