straight-arm

[ streyt-ahrm ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

Football. to push (a potential tackler) away by holding the arm out straight; stiff-arm.
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.

straight-arm

First recorded in 1900–05

By-and-by these exercises will come as easy as was the straight-arm work.

Another clerk reached out and Rick gave him a straight arm that cleared the way long enough for a jump to the outside.

He lunged forward as he spoke, shooting a straight-arm blow for Fyfe's face.

He rushed and drove a straight-arm jab, which had it reached would have given him the purse.

After that, in the general way he has of handling himself, from falling on the ball to dodging and straight arm.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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