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JOUER VARIANT EFFETS BALLES [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
OBS

Colloquial expression frequently used in tennis. It suggests changing the length, height, rhythm, power, speed or spin of one's shots in order to force an opponent to make errors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
OBS

Équivalent générique : brouiller le jeu.

Key term(s)
  • brouiller le jeu

Spanish

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