All 9 Uses of
forfeit
in
The Perfect Game
- In the treaty of Hidalgo-Guadalupe, Mexico forfeited more than a third of its territory.†
Chpt 1.3
- When other teams balked at playing them, Williamsport issued an ultimatum: Play or forfeit.†
Chpt 2.6
- Well, they better start now or else they's gonna forfeit,
Chpt 2.19 *forfeit = lose the game (as a penalty)
- Unfazed by the impending forfeit, the boys discussed the dilemma at hand.†
Chpt 2.19
- Beto, whether we play or forfeit is in God's hands now," Angel finished.†
Chpt 2.19
- Cesar walked slowly back to the umpire and Coach Hicks at home plate with the news that Monterrey Industrial would be forfeiting.†
Chpt 2.19
- I didn't travel all this way to cover a forfeit.†
Chpt 3.20
- Game would've been forfeited if it wasn't for that nosy colored gal. Dad, she wasn't the one who scored thirteen runs against us," said his son.†
Chpt 3.20
- Were your boys really going to forfeit if they didn't receive a blessing?†
Chpt 3.20
Definition:
to lose or surrender something -- often as a penalty