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free throw
free throw
noun
basketball an unimpeded shot at the basket from the free-throw line given for a technical fault (one free shot) or a foul (two free shots)
Word History and Origins
Origin of free throw1
Example Sentences
“If he said he was going to shoot 100 free throws,” Al said, “it wasn’t 50, it wasn’t 65, it was 100 — and he didn’t stop until he got to 100.”
Hamby’s late free throws pulled them to within two in the final minutes.
It means you get to participate, whether hitting a baseball or softball, trying to make a free throw, trying to swim or skateboard.
Leonard made one of two free throws with 18.8 seconds left, and the Clippers’ defense did the rest.
Jokic made two free throws to bring the Nuggets to within a point, but that was as close as they would get in the final minute.
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