ground rule

Language: en

Meaning: (sports)A rule regarding play on a specific field, course, or court.; (idiomatic,usually in theplural)The basicrulesorstandards;basicprinciples.Make sure everybody knows theground rulesfor the trip before they leave.2012, Andrew Martin,Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books,→ISBN, page109:The apparent success of the City and South London triggered an avalanche of bills for Tube railways, and in 1892 a Joint Select Committee of Parliament set out someground rules.

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