in front of

[Wilson Gray]

On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 4:33 AM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> This is the second time I've heard Doc Rivers use "in front of" to mean
> something completely different:
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>> "You're always disappointed when that happens," said Celtics coach Doc
>> Rivers. "You should never put yourself in front of the team."
>
> This was his reaction to Rajon Rondo's suspension for throwing the ball
> at a ref during a game. Perhaps he meant "before" or "ahead of the team"
> but "in front of" is hard to parse in this instance. It's almost as if
> he had a word that meant "ahead" and looked it up in a dictionary and
> got "in front of" as an alternative, but without context.
>
> Â  Â  VS-)
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It'a Black(-English) thang. You wouldn't understand. ;-)

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