"through ball" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "2010 December 29, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0 - 1 Wolverhampton”, in BBC",
          "text": "It was an omen of things to come as in the 56th minute the visitors took the lead after a mix-up between Skrtel and Sotirios Kyrgiakos allowed Ebanks-Blake's through-ball to squeeze between them.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 February 4, Raj Chohan, “Erling Braut Haaland: Would Man City, Liverpool, Man Utd or Chelsea suit striker best?”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "And a potential partnership with Bruno Fernandes, who has completed the most through balls in the Premier League this season (15), would be an excellent stylistic fit.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "A forward pass played between opposition defenders."
      ],
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          "defender",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(soccer) A forward pass played between opposition defenders."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "through-ball"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "soccer",
        "sports"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "tamrīratun kāsira",
          "sense": "a kind of a pass in soccer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "تَمْرِيرَةٌ كَاسِرَة"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "tamrīratun ʔamāmiyyatun",
          "sense": "a kind of a pass in soccer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "تَمْرِيرَةٌ أَمَامِيَّةٌ"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "a kind of a pass in soccer",
          "word": "läpisyöttö"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "a kind of a pass in soccer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "passe en profondeur"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a kind of a pass in soccer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Steilvorlage"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "a kind of a pass in soccer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Steilpass"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "a kind of a pass in soccer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gjennombruddspasning"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a kind of a pass in soccer",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "genomskärare"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "through ball"
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      "form": "through balls",
      "tags": [
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        {
          "ref": "2010 December 29, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0 - 1 Wolverhampton”, in BBC",
          "text": "It was an omen of things to come as in the 56th minute the visitors took the lead after a mix-up between Skrtel and Sotirios Kyrgiakos allowed Ebanks-Blake's through-ball to squeeze between them.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 February 4, Raj Chohan, “Erling Braut Haaland: Would Man City, Liverpool, Man Utd or Chelsea suit striker best?”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "And a potential partnership with Bruno Fernandes, who has completed the most through balls in the Premier League this season (15), would be an excellent stylistic fit.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A forward pass played between opposition defenders."
      ],
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        ]
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        "(soccer) A forward pass played between opposition defenders."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "soccer",
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "through-ball"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tamrīratun kāsira",
      "sense": "a kind of a pass in soccer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "تَمْرِيرَةٌ كَاسِرَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tamrīratun ʔamāmiyyatun",
      "sense": "a kind of a pass in soccer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "تَمْرِيرَةٌ أَمَامِيَّةٌ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a kind of a pass in soccer",
      "word": "läpisyöttö"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a kind of a pass in soccer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "passe en profondeur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a kind of a pass in soccer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Steilvorlage"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a kind of a pass in soccer",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Steilpass"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a kind of a pass in soccer",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gjennombruddspasning"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a kind of a pass in soccer",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "genomskärare"
    }
  ],
  "word": "through ball"
}