Idiom
far post
Meaning
The goalpost furthest from where a cross is made.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The striker ran to the far post to score.”
“The winger sent a long cross into the box, finding his teammate waiting at the far post.”
“With the goalkeeper caught out of position, a perfectly weighted pass allowed the forward to tap the ball into the net from the far post.”
Examples
simple
“The striker ran to the far post to score.”
contextual
“The winger sent a long cross into the box, finding his teammate waiting at the far post.”
complex
“With the goalkeeper caught out of position, a perfectly weighted pass allowed the forward to tap the ball into the net from the far post.”
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