What does through ball mean?

through ball

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.98 in modern English

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"It was an omen of things to come as in the 56th minute the visitors took the lead after a mix-up between Skrtel and Sotirios Kyrgiakos allowed Ebanks-Blake's through-ball to squeeze between them."
"And a potential partnership with Bruno Fernandes, who has completed the most through balls in the Premier League this season (15), would be an excellent stylistic fit."

through balls (plural) through-ball (alternative)

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