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free throw

noun

Basketball.
  1. foul shot.



free throw

noun

  1. 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)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of free throw1

First recorded in 1890–95
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“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.”

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Hamby’s late free throws pulled them to within two in the final minutes.

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It means you get to participate, whether hitting a baseball or softball, trying to make a free throw, trying to swim or skateboard.

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Leonard made one of two free throws with 18.8 seconds left, and the Clippers’ defense did the rest.

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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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