parking the bus

A form of park the bus — To attempt to stop the opposition team from scoring a goal by playing extremely defensively and placing as many players as possible behind the ball.

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of park the bus

Synonyms & antonyms

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