fox in the box

English

Noun

fox in the box

  1. (soccer, UK, informal) A player with good finishing and movement inside the penalty area; a poacher.
    • 2023 July 13, First We Feast, 20:14 from the start, in Harry Kane Takes One For the Team While Eating Spicy Wings‎[1], spoken by Harry Kane:
      Fox in the box is like just a sharp, y'know, like nippy kinda player, scores the goals but don't do much else just a fox in the box. They just score goals close by, few tap ins.
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