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find the net en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) to score a goal
    • It is testimony to QPR's spirit then that it was they who next found the net as Bothroyd's goalbound header from an Armand Traore cross ultimately found the net courtesy of the back of Helguson, who was on the goalline but - despite the protestations of a number of City players - not offside. 2011 November 5, Phil Dawkes, “QPR 2 - 3 Man City”, in BBC Sport:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
finding the net Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
finds the net Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
found the net Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
found the net Tense=Past lexicographic