Idiom
flood the zone
Meaning
To fill a relevant region of the field of play.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The team tries to flood the zone to stop the other players.”
“The coach told his defenders to flood the zone so the opponent could not pass the ball easily.”
“By choosing to flood the zone with extra defenders, the team successfully neutralized the opposing striker's ability to find space near the goal.”
Examples
simple
“The team tries to flood the zone to stop the other players.”
contextual
“The coach told his defenders to flood the zone so the opponent could not pass the ball easily.”
complex
“By choosing to flood the zone with extra defenders, the team successfully neutralized the opposing striker's ability to find space near the goal.”
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