jump pass

jump pass {n.}

A pass (as in football or basketball) made by a player while jumping.

The Bruins scored when the quarterback tossed a jump pass to the left end.

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[pass] See: [BRING TO PASS], [COME TO PASS], [FORWARD PASS], [JUMP PASS], [SCREEN PASS]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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