| 单词 | to make a bonehead play |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto make (also pull) a bonehead play bonehead play n. originally U.S. Sport (originally and chiefly Baseball) a poor decision or tactical error, esp. one that causes one's team to lose a game; also in extended use; frequently in to make (also pull) a bonehead play.Cf. to pull a bone at bone n.1 Phrases 1o, boneheaded play n. at boneheaded adj. Compounds, boner n. 3. ΚΠ 1906 Topeka (Kansas) State Jrnl. 16 May 2/6 Bonehead plays and four errors in the sixth gave the game to the visitors. 1935 Daily Capital News (Jefferson City, Missouri) 21 Dec. 4/1 The Franco-British peace plan was so absurd... The British government pulled a bonehead play that all but lost the game. 1952 J. Thompson Killer inside Me (1991) viii. 68 I saw that I'd made one hell of a bonehead play. 2016 Tampa Bay (Florida) Times (Nexis) 28 Apr. (Sports section) 1 We made some bonehead plays... We made some dumb decisions that they capitalized on. < as lemmas |
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