Offer sheet — In the National Hockey League, an offer sheet is a contract offered to a restricted free agent by a team other than the one for which he played during the prior season. If the player signs the offer sheet, his current team has seven days to match … Wikipedia
Clean sheet — A clean sheet is a football term, meaning a game in which the team referred to have not conceded any goals. The main purpose of goalkeepers and defenders is to keep a clean sheet.Example: Team A beats Team B 3 0, so Team A are said to have kept a … Wikipedia
Man of the match — In sport, a Man of the Match or Player of the Game or Man of the Series, The Cole award is given to the outstanding player, almost always the one who makes the most impact, in a particular match or series. The term was originally used more often… … Wikipedia
(a) clean sheet — 1. if you are given a clean sheet, you can start something again, and all the problems caused by you or other people in the past will be forgotten. I want us to forget all the arguing of the past, and start the New Year with a clean sheet. 2. if… … New idioms dictionary
Traveling sheet — A traveling sheet (also called a traveler) is a form used for recording individual results during duplicate bridge tournaments. In pairs tournaments, every deal is placed into boards and played several times by different competitors, unchanged.… … Wikipedia
(a) clean sheet — a clean ˈsheet/ˈslate idiom a record of your work or behaviour that does not show any mistakes or bad things that you have done • No government operates with a completely clean sheet. • They kept a clean sheet in the match (= no goals were scored … Useful english dictionary
a clean sheet (or slate) — an absence of existing restraints or commitments. ↘(keep a clean sheet) (in a soccer match) prevent the opposing side from scoring. → clean … English new terms dictionary
Safety match — Safety chain Safety chain (a) (Railroads) A normally slack chain for preventing excessive movement between a truck and a car body in sluing. (b) An auxiliary watch chain, secured to the clothes, usually out of sight, to prevent stealing of the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
book-match — transitive verb Date: 1942 to match the grains of (as two sheets of veneer) so that one sheet seems to be the mirror image of the other … New Collegiate Dictionary
book-match — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ transitive verb Etymology: so called from the resemblance of two book matched pieces of veneer to two opposing pages of a book : to match the grains of (a pair of sheets of veneer or plywood) for symmetrical effect in such a way that… … Useful english dictionary
keep a clean sheet — (in a soccer match) prevent the opposing side from scoring. → clean … English new terms dictionary
