GOALPOST


Meaning of GOALPOST in English

also goal post

(~s)

1.

A ~ is one of the two upright wooden posts that are connected by a crossbar and form the goal in games such as football and rugby.

N-COUNT

2.

If you accuse someone of moving the ~s, you mean that they have changed the rules in a situation or an activity, in order to gain an advantage for themselves and to make things difficult for other people.

They seem to move the goal posts every time I meet the conditions which are required.

PHRASE: V inflects disapproval

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