forced throw

noun

A throw to a teammate from the player who is running with the ball in order to avoid being tackled.

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Meanings

nounforced throw (plural forced throws)

plural forced throws

  1. American footballA throw to a teammate from the player who is running with the ball in order to avoid being tackled.

    His film — from last season, especially — also contains instances of lapsed mechanics, forced throws and shaky field vision.

    2020 April 23, Ken Belson, Ben Shpigel, “Full Round 1 2020 N.F.L. Picks and Analysis”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Apr 2020
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    As he'd promised, Donny Doyle had been in the Bucks quarterback's face all day, except for the time he'd dropped to cover the running back and made a clean pick of Franks' forced throw.

    2007, Phil Truman, Game: Some Have It, Some Don't, page 102
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APA

forced throw. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forced%20throw

MLA

“forced throw.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forced%20throw. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “forced throw,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forced%20throw.

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