Throttle
Hi,
1) Could you tell me what 'throttle the return' means in this case?
“Look how aggressive she (Kvitova) is on the second serve. Nearly a metre inside and she is throttling the return on second serves tonight already.
2) "She banked her first set" - Does it mean that she won it?
3) "She batted back all of her opponent's deadly shots." - Could 'bat back' be used in this example?
Thank you so much.
Top answer
1) I think that "throttle" is used in the sense of "strangle", meant to suggest in a very figurative way that she hits the returns with great force. e. as a secure asset.
- 1) I think that "throttle" is used in the sense of "strangle", meant to suggest in a very figurative way that she hits the returns with great force.
- e.
- as a secure asset.
- 3) Yes.
- One could wonder how "deadly" shots could be "batted back", but perhaps this is being too picky.
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1) I think that "throttle" is used in the sense of "strangle", meant to suggest in a very figurative way that she hits the returns with great force.
2) Yes, she won it, and now she has that set "in the bank", i.e. as a secure asset.
3) Yes. One could wonder how "deadly" shots could be "batted back", but perhaps this is being too picky.
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