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fadeaway

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fade·a·way  (fd-w)
n.
1. The act or an instance of gradually diminishing in brightness, loudness, or strength until actual disappearance occurs.
2. Baseball
a. A screwball.
b. An act of sliding by a base runner during which the runner veers sideways to avoid being tagged.
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James was confident he got the fadeaway three pointer, over Hedo Turkoglu, off in time but couldn't resist watching it a second time on the courtside video replay.
James lifts Cavs over Magic in NBA East by AFP / AFP American Edition
James was confident he got the fadeaway three pointer, over Hedo Turkoglu, off in time but couldn't resist watching it a second time on the courtside video replay.
James lifts Cavs over Magic in NBA East by AFP / AFP Global Edition
The fadeaway, as I came to think of it, may have had to do with his exile from his own writing that day, while travelling; the spacious writing part of him was held to one side when not engaged, kept ready for its engrossing daily stint back home.
Our Critic's Tip Sheet on Current Reading: Rabbit Remembered—McEwan, ... by Adam Begley / The New York Observer
 
 
 
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