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ask me one on sport	a sarcastic reply given when a person does not know the correct answer.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
Europe	International club competitions operated by UEFA, the sport's governing body for Europe.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
give snack	To ask for something. Created to ask for something that you want, mostly in a sport when asking for the ball, hacky sack, or anything that you want that someone else is holding.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
gloves are off	From the sport of boxing where competitors fistfight wearing padded gloves; removing the gloves during a fight could result in serious physical injury	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
heavy hitter	In any sport, a strong, physical player who is particularly effective.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
il va y avoir du sport	Pour annoncer une rude confrontation	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
illudere alicui or in aliquem (more rarely aliquem)	to make sport of, rally a person.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
laughing stock	An object of ridicule, someone who is publicly ridiculed; a butt of sport.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
ludere, irridere, deridere aliquem	to make sport of, rally a person.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
per ludibrium	in sport, mockery.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rack up	to gain (points etc.; in a game or sport)	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
rugby league	sport	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
ski-jump nose	A long nose with an inwardly curving ridge and a tip that curves somewhat upward, resembling the shape of a downhill ramp used in the sport of ski jumping.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
spectator sport	A sporting activity which has a relatively high ratio of watchers to direct participants.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
spectator sport	Something, especially a process or activity, which is a popular object of observation; an activity which a person prefers to watch rather than to participate in.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
spectator sport	An activity which consists of watching or observing.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
water polo	sport	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
weekend warrior	A person who indulges in a sport or pastime on an infrequent basis, usually on weekends when work commitments are not present.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
well played	Used to praise performance in a sport or game.	Rate it: (2.00 / 1 vote)
who has a sporting spirit wins without competing.	Sport-inspired phrase	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)
winning is a great deodorant	Winning in sport or politics can erase the "stink" (animosity, bad feelings) generated during the competition.	Rate it: (0.00 / 0 votes)