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straight-arm

straight-arm


transitive verb  (past and past participle straight-armed, present participle straight-arm·ing, 3rd person present singular straight-arms)
Definition:
 
1. push opponent away with outstretched arm: in football, to push an opponent away with the arm stretched fully out and the hand upturned and stiff

2. U.S. ward off or turn aside: to ward somebody off or turn somebody aside with or as if with an outstretched arm



noun  (plural straight-arms)
Definition:
 
U.S. act of straight-arming somebody: an act or instance of straight-arming somebody

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