Sport develops it's own peculiar grammar and usages (stuff like "podiumed", and "the Liverpools of this world" etc ...).Bmblbzzz wrote: ↑9 Jun 2022, 11:30am I don't have a specific example to hand but something that is gifted need not be deliberately given. A frequent usage would be along the lines of:
Fulchester Rovers were gifted a goal when Uptown City's central defender failed to clear the pass and, with the goalkeeper off his line... etc.
Does this accidental gift usage crop up outside sport?