back of the net

Meanings

interjection

UKcolloquialA smug expression of triumph or happiness.
Alan Partridge: My girlfriend's thirty-three. I'm forty-seven. She's fourteen years younger than me. Back of the net!
2002, I'm Alan Partridge
Synonyms: nothing but net

interjectionA smug expression of triumph or happiness.

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From the position of the ball when a goal is scored in football.

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