long off

long off

Position défensive éloignée du batteur, du côté où sa batte fait face, pour arrêter ou attraper les balles.

En anglais simple : A place far from the batter, on the side facing the bat, where a player stops or catches balls.

• He is fielding at long off.
• The ball flew towards long off.
• The captain moved a fielder to long off.

Expressions courantes : at long off, deep long off

remettre à plus tard, esquiver

Éviter de faire quelque chose, le refuser ou le remettre à beaucoup plus tard.

En anglais simple : To avoid doing something, reject it, or leave it until much later.

• I might long off the party tonight.
• She longed off the paperwork until next week.
• Stop longing off your work and get started.

Comment l'utiliser : long off something (He decided to long off the meeting.)

Synonymes : put off, avoid, ditch

Expressions courantes : long off something, long off a meeting