Wiktionary
through ball
alt. (context soccer English) A forward pass played between opposition defenders. n. (context soccer English) A forward pass played between opposition defenders.
Usage examples of "through ball".
But you could feel her fierce egalitarian scorn, in the way she had highlighted their silliness and pretension, and the compassion she displayed for the nouveau riche who tried to break in, and for the wallflower who sat unfeted through ball after ball.
Of course, a few of the boats fleeing from the disaster had managed to get through Ball’.