"three-minute warning" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: three-minute warnings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} three-minute warning (plural three-minute warnings)
  1. (Canadian football) A timeout and warning given to the coaches with three minutes to go before the end of each half; after this point, the clock stops at the end of every play. Analogous to the two-minute warning of American football. Tags: Canadian Categories (topical): Canadian football
    Sense id: en-three-minute_warning-en-noun-Bk~yTDpL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Inflected forms

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