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No blocking or moving screens are allowed and the offensive team may not throw more than one forward pass per play.
—Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2024
For the Patriots, the forward pass appears to be a foreign concept.
—Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2024
But as my colleague, Mr. Keeler, so astutely pointed out, most of the Bears’ production came against offenses that aren’t predisposed to the forward pass.
—Sarah Kelly, The Denver Post, 20 Sep. 2024
No ordinary rules tweak, these new kickoffs might be the biggest on-field rules change since the advent of the forward pass.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2024
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First Known Use
1890, in the meaning defined above
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“Forward pass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forward%20pass. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
forward pass
noun
: a pass in football thrown in the direction of the opponent's goal
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