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jumpers for goalposts
makeshift football goals
In informal British football, jumpers or other clothes used to mark the goalposts.
Hear it in real life
Did you have proper goals?
No, just jumpers for goalposts.
When we were kids, it was usually jumpers for goalposts in the park.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: We played jumpers for goal.
Say: We played jumpers for goalposts.
Use the fixed plural phrase "jumpers for goalposts," not "jumpers for goal."
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
play jumpers for goalposts; it was jumpers for goalposts
Your turn: say it out loud
When we were kids, it was usually jumpers for goalposts in the park.
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jumpers for goalposts
makeshift football goals
“When we were kids, it was usually jumpers for goalposts in the park.”
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