foul of

preposition

: afoul of
he fell foul of the law
ran foul of a hidden reef

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The first two-shot foul of the night came early in the title game. Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2025 With Danton Heinen in the box for his second stick foul of the third period (the first one was a joke, this one was legitimate), Vegas manufactured a pretty tic-tac-toe play with Jack Eichel finishing off a Jonathan Marchessault pass with a one-touch redirection between Jeremy Swayman’s pads. Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 12 Jan. 2024 Jusuf Nurkic committed the Suns’ first foul of the game with 7:45 to play in the second quarter. Jack Thompson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2024 The Huskies went the entire first quarter and most of the second before Nika Muhl was assessed the team’s first foul of the game, and Muhl’s three fouls singlehandedly accounted for a third of the team’s. Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 12 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for foul of

Word History

First Known Use

1596, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of foul of was in 1596

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“Foul of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foul%20of. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.

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