flagpole vs goalpost

flagpole

noun
  • A tall pole up which one or more flags may be raised and flown. 

verb
  • Exit a country momentarily and reenter. Usually this is done to satisfy immigration requirements. 

goalpost

noun
  • One of the two vertical side poles of a goal. 

  • A rule or target that is "moved" (changed) unfairly; see move the goalposts. 

  • The tall Y-shaped upright, now usually of fiberglass, at either end of the playing field, through which a football must go in order for a field goal to be scored. (They were originally H-shaped, with one wooden post on either side.) 

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