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goalpost
[ gohl-pohst ]
noun
- a post supporting a crossbar and, with it, forming the goal on a playing field in certain sports, as football.
goalpost
/ 藞伞蓹蕣濒藢辫蓹蕣蝉迟 /
noun
- either of two upright posts supporting the crossbar of a goal
- move the goalpoststo change the aims of an activity to ensure the desired results
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of goalpost1
Example Sentences
鈥淲hite media has always conspired to spin the narrative and move the goalposts about Black films, Black filmmakers and their successes,鈥 Obie writes.
Lineker said that, following his tweets, "the goalposts were massively moved because it was never an issue until, suddenly, this point".
I played in the parks, which were often hard red clay with loose pebbles and stones, with two square goalposts fashioned out of wood and string.
By the skin of their teeth, and the width of a goalpost, the bookmakers were proven right when they made England favourites at Twickenham.
The shifting goalposts have left supervisors鈥 heads spinning.
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