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stiff-arm

[stif-ahrm]
–verb (used with object), noun
straight-arm.

Origin:
1905–10

straight-arm

[streyt-ahrm]
–verb (used with object)
1. Football. to push (a potential tackler) away by holding the arm out straight; stiff-arm.
2. to force, push, or fend off by or as if by holding out a stiff arm against obstacles: He straight-armed his way into the middle of the crowded room.
–noun
3. Football. an act or instance of straight-arming.
Also, stiff-arm.
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stiff-arm   (stĭf'ärm')
tr.v.   stiff-armed, stiff-arm·ing, stiff-arms
To straight-arm.
n.  A straight-arm.
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