park the bus



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park the bus

In football (soccer), to employ all (or nearly all) of a team's active players in defending its own side of the pitch. Protecting a narrow one-point lead, it looks like the home team has parked the bus for the remaining minutes of the match.
See also: bus, park

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Edgaras-Lithuanian
Einarr-Ancient Scandinavian
ÜLkÜ-Turkish
DenDENEnglish
Nani-Hawaiian
Dominique['dɔmini:k]