How to pronounce “back line”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (soccer) Collectively, the defenders of a team.
• (field hockey) The line running across the goal to the corners of the playing field.
• (rugby) The players known as the backs, whose primary responsibility is defense.
• (rugby) The imaginary tactical line across the field that passes through the backs, through their primary line of attack/defence (i.e. excluding any players in a more backward defensive position).

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