garbage time
n.— «The Panthers totaled 150 of their yards on their final four possessions—in what is commonly referred to as “garbage time.”» —“Defense pulls the plug on Panthers” by Clare Farnsworth Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Wash.) Jan. 23, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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