own goal
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own goal
n.
1. A goal scored by a defender on his or her team's goal by a mistaken play, such as a misdirected pass.
2. Informal An action by which one unintentionally harms oneself or one's allies: The senator's belligerent response to the allegations was a bit of an own goal.
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own goal
n
1. (General Sporting Terms) soccer a goal scored by a player accidentally playing the ball into his own team's net. Abbreviation: o.g
2. informal any action that results in disadvantage to the person who took it or to a party, group, etc with which that person is associated
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Noun | 1. | own goal - (soccer) a goal that results when a player inadvertently knocks the ball into the goal he is defending; "the own goal cost them the game" goal - a successful attempt at scoring; "the winning goal came with less than a minute left to play" association football, soccer - a football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal |
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Translations
автогол
öngól
オウンゴール
자책골
självmål
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