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How to pronounce “drop back”
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Pronunciation guide for drop back
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of drop back with real speech in context.
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- Real speech example
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stretch but you're going to drop your
- Definition summary
- (American football) Of a quarterback or other player in the backfield, to take a number of steps back from the line of scrimmage immediately after the snap or hike of the ball, to avoid defenders.
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How to pronounce drop back
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stretch but you're going to drop your
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “drop back”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (American football) Of a quarterback or other player in the backfield, to take a number of steps back from the line of scrimmage immediately after the snap or hike of the ball, to avoid defenders.
- To move to a lower (or slower) position in a race or competition; to slow down so as to meet up with someone behind oneself
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drop, back.
- [Noun]
- (American football) The act by a player in the backfield of dropping back from the line of scrimmage after the hike of the ball.
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