Meanings
nounout ball (plural out balls)
plural out balls · alternative out-ball
- ball gamesA chance to clear the ball to an attacking teammate, or such an attacker; a target man.
With Carlos Tevez chasing down every lost cause like his life depended on it, City always had an out ball but Arsenal had such a monopoly on possession that they barely had to give thought even to the Argentine.
2011 January 5, Jonathan Stevenson, “Arsenal 0 - 0 Man City”, in BBC
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