Today’s football phrase is ‘Knock it around’.
- Find out more about this phrase by reading the transcript below.
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Knock it around
When a team is playing well and the players are confident they pass the ball much better and one way of describing this is to use the phrase ‘to knock the ball (it) around‘. The suggestion here is that the team are under very little pressure and are waiting for a moment to attack their opponents. Knock it around
- Example: The team knocked it around with ease waiting for their opportunity.
