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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
underthrow .
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Examples
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Saints 24 Lions 21, 10:37 4th quarter: Brees underthrows and - again - should have been intercepted.
New Orleans Saints 45 Detroit Lions 28 - as it happened 2012
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Overthrows from the outfield, underthrows from the infield, easy ground balls bumbled, booted and rolled under benches and cars.
Was Your Little League This Good? Jason Gay 2011
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Big, big miss from Brady as he badly underthrows an open Taylor Price downfield on the first play of the new series.
New England Patriots 17 Pittsburgh Steelers 25 - as it happened | Paolo Bandini 2011
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Manning underthrows a deep ball to receiver Steve Smith, who's shaken the cornerback and beaten the safety.
A Closer Look at Eli's Interceptions Aditi Kinkhabwala 2011
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You can say he underthrows receivers, you can say he doesn't make great decisions with the ball, you can say he threw a terrible interception with four minutes to go in the game yesterday.
Shanahan, McNabb and race Dan Steinberg 2010
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"If Duke quarterback Sean Renfree underthrows it, the underneath man has a chance to bat it down," London said.
'You just look at it and you're like, Oh no, this is not happening' Steve Yanda 2010
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If you saw, we had two wide-open lob dunks that we practice every day, and the big guy underthrows it, and we come away with nothing.
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It's when a quarterback underthrows a pass or a defensive back slips in front of a would-be interception.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local tkensler@denverpost.com ( 2010
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There were overthrows, underthrows and dropped passes on both sides.
Fore, right! 2010
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If he underthrows him by 10 yards, the play still gains at least 30 yards.
unknown title 2009
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