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• move the goalposts — move/shift/the goalposts phrase to change the rules and make it difficult for people to achieve something or to know what to do Problems arise when people are shifting the goalposts and objectives are not clear. Thesaurus: to cause problems for… …   Useful english dictionary

• move the goalposts — ► move the goalposts unfairly alter the conditions or rules of a procedure during its course. Main Entry: ↑goalpost …   English terms dictionary

• move the goalposts — unfairly alter the conditions or rules of a procedure during its course. → goalpost …   English new terms dictionary

• goalpost — ► NOUN ▪ either of the two upright posts of a goal. ● move the goalposts Cf. ↑move the goalposts …   English terms dictionary

• move — move1 W1S1 [mu:v] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(change place)¦ 2¦(new house/office)¦ 3¦(change opinion etc)¦ 4¦(progress)¦ 5¦(take action)¦ 6¦(change job/class etc)¦ 7¦(emotion)¦ 8¦(cause somebody to do something)¦ 9¦(time/order)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• move — [[t]mu͟ːv[/t]] ♦ moves, moving, moved 1) V ERG When you move something or when it moves, its position changes and it does not remain still. [V n prep/adv] She moved the sheaf of papers into position... [V n prep/adv] You can move the camera both… …   English dictionary

• move — 1 verb 1 CHANGE PLACE (I, T) to change your place or position, or to make something do this: Don t move or I ll shoot. | You mustn t get off the train while it s still moving. | move sth: Can you move your car it s blocking the road. | We ll have …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• goalpost — [[t]go͟ʊlpoʊst[/t]] goalposts also goal post 1) N COUNT A goalpost is one of the two upright wooden posts that are connected by a crossbar and form the goal in games such as football and rugby. 2) PHRASE: V inflects (disapproval) If you accuse… …   English dictionary

• goalpost — noun (countable usually plural) 1 one of the two posts, with a bar along the top or across the middle, that form the goal (3) in games like football and hockey 2 move the goalposts BrE informal to change the rules, limits etc while someone is… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• goalpost — noun a) In American football, the tall Y shaped upright, now usually of fiberglass, at either end of the playing field, through which a football must go in order to score a field goal. Originally, they were H shaped, with two wooden posts on… …   Wiktionary

• goalpost — goal|post [ goul,poust ] noun count one of the two posts that the ball must go between to score a goal in games such as soccer move the goalposts to change the rules and make it difficult for people to achieve something or to know what to do …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English