moving the goalposts

phrase originating from goal sports, now describing by metaphor a kind of logical fallacy or debate tactic
rdfs:label
"moving the goalposts"@en
skos:altLabel
"goalpost-moving"@en
schema:description
"phrase originating from goal sports, now describing by metaphor a kind of logical fallacy or debate tactic"@en
schema:dateModified "2026-09-23T15:53:07+00:00"^^xsd:dateTime
schema:version 2548847802
wikibase:identifiers 2
wikibase:sitelinks 12
wikibase:statements 5
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p:P6839 wd:statement/Q3244473-a042883d-48c7-f409-a197-4b2fce535226
wdt:P138 goalpost
wdt:P31 metaphor
informal fallacy
wdt:P646 "/m/03c4rgr"
wdt:P6839 "Main/MovingTheGoalposts"
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