: a pass (as in football) made in the direction of the opponent's goal
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Van Noy posted on X. As currently written, intentional grounding is when a quarterback is under duress within the tackle box, facing an imminent loss of yardage, and throws a forward pass that is not in the direction and vicinity of an on originally eligible receiver.—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 16 Jan. 2026 Bentancur finally plays a forward pass to Spence, who is pressured by Kayode and passes back.—Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026 Young scored the second goal in the 37th minute off of a short forward pass from Mia Sanchez.—Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 17 Dec. 2025 But this is the same guy who re-introduced the forward pass to P.J. Fleck’s Gophers football program.—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 29 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for forward pass