with one's tail up

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with one's tail up

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confidently

  • Seconds later Nano’s monster throw-in from the left was recycled to the wing-back and, when he produced the most delicious of deliveries, the totally unmarked Lopes drilled home from six yards. Now with their tails up, Toni tried his luck with a dipping effort from distance that had Ferguson at full stretch once again.2024 August 29, Alex Mills, “Larne headed for Conference League group stages as Andy Ryan hat-trick secures historic Play-Off joy”, in Belfast Telegraph:

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