straight-arm
直臂,直臂式,直臂型,直臂式的
Definitions
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- : Football. to push 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.
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- : Football. an act or instance of straight-arming.
Examples
In straight relationships with an age gap, words like ‘gold-digger’ and ‘trophy wife’ get thrown around.
Except the Braves did not win 14 straight pennants (they did win 14 straight division titles), and Smoltz is a also Republican.
At St. Barnabas Hospital, Pellerano was listed in stable condition with wounds to his chest and arm.
The big slug happened to hit the suspect in the street, passing through his arm and then striking Police Officer Andrew Dossi.
Dossi initially was listed in critical condition with wounds to his arm and lower back.
She sat straight up in bed, and jerked her hands to her head, and screamed long and terribly.
She was holding the back of her chair with one hand; her loose sleeve had slipped almost to the shoulder of her uplifted arm.
This wasn't at all what he meant to say, and it sounded very ridiculous; but somehow the words wouldn't come straight.
She had listened—she had listened intently, looking straight out of the window and without moving.
In Spain he was regarded as the right arm of the ultra-clericals and a possible supporter of Carlism.