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Meanings of offside in English

Illegally beyond a prescribed line or area or ahead of the ball or puck.

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Examples for "offsides"
Examples for "offsides"
1
But the play was nullified when Wake was called for offsides.
Reuters
2
The Wings challenged that the play was offsides and replay review confirmed it.
Reuters
3
Minnesota challenged the goal on the basis of offsides, but the call was upheld.
Reuters
4
They had a view they were pretty confident was offsides.
Reuters
5
We can't be offsides, Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis said.
Reuters
Usage of offside in English
1
The first penalty was one of the clearest offside decisions I saw.
Reuters
2
Either way Walters was clearly offside when the first header came in.
The Guardian
3
Clearly the offside rule needs to be tweaked for the post-VAR world.
The Guardian
4
The assistant referee had flagged for offside, however VAR eventually said otherwise.
The Irish Times
5
Is the Social Development Minister offside with her own government's welfare reforms?
Radio NZ
6
Strengths: Their traditional fast-rucking style and ability to camouflage the offside line.
The Irish Times
7
The Rangers challenged the goal on a possible offside but it stood.
Reuters
8
But the goal was waved off due to New York being offside.
Reuters
9
Barrington was denied his try but sent to the sin-bin for offside.
The Guardian
10
A linesman's flag was immediately raised to disallow the goal for offside.
The Irish Times
11
Szczesny also denied Emenike at point-blank range, although the striker was offside.
The Guardian
12
We also felt Keogh may have been offside on the first goal.
The Guardian
13
The Panthers won a challenge that Athanasiou was offside on the play.
Reuters
14
Lingard got in behind the CSKA defensive line but was flagged offside.
The Guardian
15
Chelsea players converged on the referee to protest that Barnes was offside.
The Guardian
16
On that occasion, Raheem Sterling had just strayed offside in the build-up.
The South African
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South Africa
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Ireland
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United Kingdom
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