| 单词 | out of a person's game |
| 释义 | > as lemmasout of a person's game b. Out of play, outside the field or range of play, not available to be played. Also out of a person's game.Evidence for the phrase within one's game (see quot. 1898) is lacking. ΚΠ 1866 London Society June 516/2 After a [croquet] ball has left the boundary it is out of the game till replaced. 1874 J. D. Heath Compl. Croquet-player ii. 62 Red,..thinking himself unlikely to hit, finesses, remaining out of Black's game, at Red. 1898 N.E.D. at Game sb. Within, out of (one's) game, within, out of one's range of play (in Croquet, etc.). 1903 Enquire within upon Everything (ed. 100) 408/2 A player who pegs out a rover by a first hit cannot take croquet from it, as the ball is out of the game. 1998 J. T. Gonçalves Princ. Brazilian Soccer vii. 264 Always come back to your zone and identify the player you are responsible for as soon as the ball is out of the game. < as lemmas |
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