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  1. Moving the goalposts

    Moving the goalposts (or shifting the goalposts) is a metaphor, derived from goal-based sports, that means to change the criterion (goal) of a process or competition while it is still in progress, in such a way that the new goal offers one side an intentional advantage or disadvantage.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of moving the goalposts in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of moving the goalposts in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of moving the goalposts in a Sentence

  1. Karen Bass:

    I don't know that I would say moving the goalposts. At some point people just need to make a decision, making a decision means you just settle in and say this might be hard, but this is what I'm going to agree to, moving the goalposts means you keep changing what you're agreeing to.

  2. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi:

    We are responding to their concerns, we don't want them moving the goalposts, and that's it.

  3. Geoff Cooper:

    The FDA is moving the goalposts again and their actions this time could shut off a key source of alcohol for hand sanitizer production, significantly exacerbating the worldwide shortage of hand sanitizer.

  4. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi:

    We don't need 48 hours. We need to just make a decision to help families right now, we are responding to their concerns, we don't want them moving the goalposts, and that's it.


Translations for moving the goalposts

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  • die Torpfosten verschiebenGerman
  • déplacer les poteaux de butFrench
  • הזזת עמודי השערHebrew

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