Football Phrase of the Week: Straight Defeat

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Football Phrase of the Week: Straight Defeat

In this football phrase of the week we explain the expression, ‘straight defeat‘ after Manchester United lost another Premier League match at home. You can read the transcript for this podcast below, while you can also check out our glossary of footballing phrases here and visit our site to access all our previous posts and podcasts. If you have any suggestions or questions then you can contact us at admin@languagecaster.com.

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Straight defeat

DF: Hello everyone. This is Damian from the Languagecaster team and I hope you are all doing well. Welcome to our latest football phrase of the week and this week we look at the expression, ‘straight defeat‘.

Now, it has not been a good couple of weeks for Manchester United as they lost at home again yesterday. This time they lost to Newcastle 0-2 which means they have now lost four games in a row. Other ways we can say this phrase include, ‘four games on the bounce‘ and ‘four consecutive or four successive games’. There is another phrase to describe this run of games: straight – ‘four straight games‘ or ‘four straight defeats‘.

The word ‘straight’ in this example is an adjective meaning that something is not interrupted so something happens again and again (repeatedly). In this case, Manchester United have repeatedly lost matches – they have lost four matches in all competitions and three matches at home in a row. They have lost three straight matches at home.

Sometimes we might hear the phrase, ‘lost three straight‘ which means the same as ‘lost three straight matches‘. Of course, we can also use this adjective to describe wins as well:

1. Liverpool have three straight wins in the Premier League
2. Newcastle have won four straight
3. Nottingham Forest are the in-form side in the Premier League with five straight wins

Can you think of any more examples like this? And how would you say this expression, ‘straight defeats‘ (or ‘straight wins’) in another language that you know? Let us know by dropping us a line at admin@languagecaster.com.

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Yes, you are listening to Languagecaster and that message was in French. And we’ll be back with some more football language in our podcast later on in the week. I wonder will Manchester United be able to avoid a fifth straight defeat when they travel to the league leaders Liverpool at the weekend? Or can surprise package Nottingham Forest record a sixth straight victory?

Enjoy all the football and we’ll see you soon. Bye bye.

More Examples

• Example: This was United’s fourth straight defeat in all competitions and the first time three consecutive home league matches have been lost since 1978-79 (Guardian.co.uk December 30 2024)

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