2017年5月7日 · Per the OED it is a North American colloquial term, which derives from that meaning of punt which is to do with kicking a Rugby ball, or American football. It is sense 4a of third meaning of the verb punt - to "kick after dropping [the ball] from the hands, and before it touches the ground". N. Amer. colloq. a. intr.

2011年4月12日 · The side which punted has moved the ball all the way downfield, at risk of loss of possession, to increase the chance of scoring and mitigate risk of being scored against. The punt is a gamble of a kick, taken to offset risk of a try (touchdown) by the opposing side.

One other aspect of punting that is often a motivator for the use of the term is the idea that "we'll let somebody else deal with this now"--once you've punted, you no longer have control of the ball (real or metaphorical), it's up to others to decide what to do. –

2016年4月18日 · The football is punted by "drop kicking" it from behind the line of scrimmage, effectively handing the ball over to the other team, but placing it (hopefully) some distance downfield (away from the opponent's goal). This is done primarily when possession of the ball is apt to be lost anyway due to the failure to progress towards the goal.

A preacher once told me a nice sports-themed idiom that was quite popular in certain regions of the American South, to refer to a man marrying well above his station: "he out-punted his coverage". It's not an answer, but at least a logically connected counter-idiom. –

2017年5月15日 · It was perhaps later, through a conflation of the meaning with the very similar 'home question', that the meaning of 'pointed' in 'pointed question' veered toward 5d. That latter sense is attested first from 1768, in Sterne's Sentimental Journey: A course of small, quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm—nor so vague as to be misunderstood.

2015年11月3日 · The meaning you give for renter is possible, but unlikely. Until I read what you had written it never occurred to me (native English speaker) that that was a possible meaning of renter: I would always assume it meant the tenant unless …

It is certainly an answer. There are three conflicting meanings in play, licensed by certain dictionaries. 'As of' is ill-defined. Any answer claiming that only one meaning is licensed is incorrect. // You mean 'I don't like this answer.' –

2014年8月28日 · Without additional information, 'due by MM-DD-YYYY' has a fair chance of meaning: Due at or before 11:59:59 PM on that date - that is, before the specified day ends. Due at or before 11:59:59 PM on the previous date - that is, before the specified day begins.

2011年5月26日 · In fact it has made itself into its own meaning - it no longer needs explanation and is generally accepted world wide as a representation of sleeping. The reason it even became what it now is, is almost lost, such as the meaning of …