in
adverb (SPORT) /ɪn/Definition
› If the ball is in during a game of tennis or a similar sport, it has not gone outside the edges of the area on which the game is played: I won that point, I'm telling you! The ball was definitely in!In and atGeneral terms used in ball sports › taking your turn to play, especially taking your turn to hit the ball: Who's in next for our team? It started to rain just as our team was going in to bat.Scoring, winning and losing in sportWinning and defeatingLosing and being defeated
(Definition of in adverb (SPORT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- dead adjective (NOT IN USE)
- defend verb (SPORT)
- dribble noun (MOVE BALL)
- dribble verb (MOVE BALL)
- hat trick noun
- hoof verb
- loft verb
- mark verb (SPORT)
- offence noun
- overarm adjective, adverb
- overthrow noun (THROW)
- overthrow verb (THROW)
- own goal noun
- pass verb (GIVE)
- penalty noun (PUNISHMENT)
- pitch verb (MOVE)
- pt noun (POINT)
- set piece noun
- sidespin noun
- unplayable adjective (SPORT)
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