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Without the rule, offensive players could hover near their opponents' goal even when the play is on the other side of the field, with the hope of a long pass and an easy goal. The offside rule applies at the moment the ball is touched or passed, not when the ball is received.
(cricket) 1  the part of the field on that side of the pitch to which the batsman presents his bat when taking strike: thus for a right-hander, off is on the right-hand side Compare leg (sense 13) ( 2 in combination) a fielding position in this part of the field: mid-off. ( 3 as modifier): the off stump.