clear the bar

a) překonat laťku

b) přestřelit (branku); jít nad (střela, míč)

I cleared the bar at the first height, then at the second height, but on the third attempt I knocked the bar over. BNCB

Freitag put his hands to his mouth and opened his eyes wide in stunned surprise at how easily he cleared the bar. Google

We had to wait for quarter of an hour for the first actual goal chance when Dave Bristow hit the ball from twenty five yards, which just cleared the bar. BNCB

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