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Discover LudwigThe phrase "going foul" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used in sports or other competitive situations to describe a sudden decline or deterioration in performance. Example: "The team's star player started off strong, but in the final quarter, his shots were going foul and he couldn't seem to make a single basket."
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Davis stepped into position to field the ball, but did not make an attempt at it with his glove, thinking it was going foul.
His bat was still in his hand as he glanced past his right shoulder, convinced that the ball was going foul.
With his team trailing by 4-3 in the sixth, Appier thought Lee Stevens's leadoff grounder to first base was going foul, and he was too late to beat Stevens to the bag.
What is there to do then, when your feathers are ruffled and you're up in arms over good fowl going foul? Locals have complained, taken pictures, gawked, talked to the local authorities.
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Go foul!
S.W. Go foul.
Three Tigers waited for it to go foul.
Varitek ripped a sharp ground ball down the left-field line that refused to go foul.
It went foul, and Harden hit Gardner in the leg with the next one.
"I think 9 out of 10 times it might hit that lip and go foul.
"In hindsight, I think it would have gone foul," Rodriguez said.
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