Usually means: Change rules to ensure success.
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  1. move the goalposts: Merriam-Webster
  2. move the goalposts: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. move the goalposts: Collins English Dictionary
  4. move the goalposts: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. move the goalposts: Wiktionary
  6. move the goalposts: Dictionary.com

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  1. move the goalposts: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (move the goalposts)

verb:  (idiomatic) To alter the terms of an agreement or an agreed target, or the rules of a negotiation while it is ongoing, especially in an unfair way.

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