own goalnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌəʊn ˈɡəʊl/us/ˌoʊn ˈɡoʊl/UKin sport, a point that a player scores by mistake against their own team:
Our team lost when we scored an own goal late in the second half.
something that you do that gives you a disadvantage and helps someone else, even if this is the opposite of what you intended
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General terms used in ball sports
- aggregate score
- assist
- back pass
- bobble
- center circle
- chip
- goalless
- holding
- lay
- layoff
- long ball
- man on! idiom
- man-to-man defense
- man-to-man marking
- overarm
- set piece
- shoot
- sidespin
- unplayable
- wrong-foot
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Causing difficulties for oneself or others