One-two

Quick meaning: One-two is a noun meaning (soccer) A quick one-touch play between two players.

Meaning

(soccer) A quick one-touch play between two players.

More Meanings

1. (boxing) A one-two punch; two punches delivered in rapid succession
2. Two things in short succession
3. (motor racing) A race victory such that two (often both) cars of a constructor or team finish first and second in the race.

Example Sentences

Kane had dropped off to spread the play with a diagonal and, when he darted for the far post, Saka curled the ball back towards him – call it a long-range one-two.

A Ricketts and Stuart Holden one-two around the box then created a decent chance for an almost instant equaliser - but Welsh full-back Ricketts blasted over when a calmer finish could have been rewarded.

Smalling’s quick one-two of yellow cards towards the end of the first half had left an air of inevitability about what would follow and, if anything, it was probably a surprise that City restricted themselves to Sergio Agüero’s goal bearing in mind another of United’s defenders, Marcos Rojo, was taken off on a stretcher early in the second half with a dislocated shoulder.

Word Forms

• one-twos

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include flick-on, brace, one-timer, cross-shot, deuce, snapshot.

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