quarterback sneak

[quarterback sneak] {n.}

A football play in which the quarterback takes the ball from the center and dives straight ahead in an attempt to gain a very short distance.

* /Johnson took the ball over on a quarterback sneak for a touchdown./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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