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play-action pass

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play-ac⋅tion pass

  [pley-ak-shuhn]
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–noun Football.
a pass play designed to deceive the defense by appearing to be a running play, in which the quarterback fakes a hand-off to a back before throwing a forward pass.
Origin:
1960–65, Americanism
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play-ac·tion pass   (plā'āk'shən)
n.   Football
A pass play in which the quarterback fakes a handoff to a running back before throwing the ball.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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