penalty box in English
noun
1
an enclosure alongside the rink where players who have been assessed penalties must remain while they serve out their penalties.
He deals only in goals, and still spends hours practising his shooting with both feet from all areas of the penalty box .
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1. A yellow card is an official suspension similar to the penalty box in ice hockey.
2. They were the first to drop from the penalty box to pick up the ball in midfield, switch to the flanks, attract and disorientate the central defenders with their runs, their accelerations, their dribbling." —Former France striker Thierry Henry.