loft

verb adopted from football commentary in the British Isles, but made more flexible in order to encompass the following meanings:
1. to hoist
2. to proceed
3. to give
4. to penetrate

1. Rory Delap lofts a foreboding long throw towards the opposition's penalty area

2. Let's loft into town for a shot of Chartreuse before the pubs close

3. Loft over my boxers there like a good man

4. I wouldn't half loft it into that young one

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