give-and-go

noun

A fundamental maneuver in many team sports, in which two players pass the ball or puck back and forth as they move.

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Meanings

noungive-and-go (plural give-and-gos)

plural give-and-gos

  1. hobbiesA fundamental maneuver in many team sports, in which two players pass the ball or puck back and forth as they move.

    When they finally did so [get in behind], they felt their hopes surge. Kvaratskhelia played the give-and-go with Dembélé and, at last, he was goal-side of Mosquera, whose challenge was clumsy.

    2026 May 30, David Hytner, “Paris Saint-Germain retain Champions League as Arsenal dream dashed in shootout”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 30 May 2026
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APA

give-and-go. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/give-and-go

MLA

“give-and-go.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/give-and-go. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “give-and-go,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/give-and-go.

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