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  • verb To throw a pass that falls short of the receiver. (May take either the thrown pass or the receiver as its direct object.)

Etymologies

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under- +‎ throw

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Examples

  • The first interception came on an underthrow from the end zone in the second quarter.

    USATODAY.com 2008

  • "underthrow," for which my little nephew, I hear, is famous.

    Round the World Andrew Carnegie 1877

  • But when he missed, he missed badly - including an underthrow to Paul Chaney Jr. that Maine picked off at its own 3.

    USATODAY.com 2008

  • The next two Favre interceptions came with Green Bay in comeback mode - one an overthrow intended for Chris Francies that Marcus Trufant intercepted, and the second an underthrow that resulted in Kelly Jennings 'first career pick with 3: 46 to go.

    USATODAY.com - Football - Green Bay vs. Seattle 2006

  • Will underthrow some of deep balls, especially when rolling out where he used to lower his release point, but some minor mechanic refinement cured him of that problem in 2004. ...

    USATODAY.com 2005

  • You don't want to underthrow it, or overthrow it.''

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

  • Or if the Buffalo Bills, on first down at the Giants' 27 late in a tie game, didn't eschew the smart-money strategy of running the clock and positioning themselves for a field goal, allowing Harvard-educated Ryan Fitzpatrick to underthrow Stevie Johnson down the left sideline.

    The Seattle Times 2012

  • On the very next play, Manning went right back to Cruz only to underthrow him, allowing cornerback Carlos Rogers to step in front for the interception.

    NYT > Home Page By SAM BORDEN 2011

  • We had a good bead on what they're going to do there in the third quarter and James ran a nice post route and I didn't underthrow him too bad and he ran in for a touchdown.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • We had a good bead on what they're going to do there in the third quarter and James ran a nice post route and I didn't underthrow him too bad and he ran in for a touchdown.

    StarTribune.com rss feed 2011

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