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play-action passes

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play-ac⋅tion pass

[pley-ak-shuhn]
–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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