first down/first and ten

first down/first and ten
first try to gain ten yards (in football)
  

The Lions have a first down on their own 35-yard line.


English Idioms. Sayings and slang .

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period — Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms (zh tsp|t=五代十國|s=五代十国|p=Wǔdài Shíguó, 907 960) was an era of political upheaval in China, beginning in the Tang Dynasty and ending in the Song Dynasty. During this period, five dynasties quickly succeeded one… …   Wikipedia

  • Ten-pin bowling — is a competitive sport in which a player (the “bowler”) rolls a bowling ball down a wooden or synthetic (polyurethane) lane with the objective of scoring points by knocking down as many pins as possible. The convert|41.5|in|cm|0|lk=on|sing=on… …   Wikipedia

  • Ten Chances — is a pricing game on the American television game show The Price Is Right . Debuting on July 15, 1975, this game is played for a car and two additional prizes – one worth between $10 and $90, and another worth between $120 and $980.GameplayThe… …   Wikipedia

  • Ten News — is the news service of Network Ten in Australia. Its one hour flagship local metropolitan bulletin is shown at 5.00pm weeknights, alongside national early, morning, weekend and late editions presented from Sydney. A number of other news and… …   Wikipedia

  • Down (American football) — First Down redirects here. For the Prison Break episode, see First Down (Prison Break episode) .: For the British American Football magazine see First Down (magazine) In American and Canadian football, a down refers to a period in which a play… …   Wikipedia

  • Ten-ball — is a modern pocket billiards (pool) game. It is a Cuegloss|Rotation|rotation game very similar to nine ball, but more difficult, using ten balls instead of nine, and with the 10 ball instead of the 9 as the Cuegloss|Money ball|money ball . Ten… …   Wikipedia

  • Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom —   …   Wikipedia

  • First Chechen War — Russian helicopter brought down by Chechen fighters near the capital Grozny in 1994 …   Wikipedia

  • Down (Blink-182 song) — Down Single by Blink 182 from the album Blink 182 Released …   Wikipedia

  • Down Under (song) — Down Under Single by Men at Work from the album Business as Usual Format 7 …   Wikipedia

  • Ten Commandments — For other uses, see Ten Commandments (disambiguation). This 1768 …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”