straight arming
Pushing away forcefully
Straight arming is using an extended arm to keep someone or something at a distance.
In football, a ball carrier straight-arms a defender to fend off a tackle.
Figuratively, straight arming means deliberately keeping someone away or refusing to engage: The senator has been straight arming reporters all week.
Also appears as stiff-arming.
- pushingApplying force to move
- brush-offAbrupt, dismissive rejection
- brush asideReject without serious thought
- rebuffingCurtly refusing or dismissing
- cold-shoulderingPointedly ignoring someone
cold shoulder · rugby · block · reach · football · distancing · keep at bay · hold off · fend · warding · Heisman · parrying · stiff-arm · rejecting · repelling · avoiding · elbow · ignoring
straight armingspinning
Revolving around an axis
dodging · juking · cutting · sidestepping · weaving
straight armingembracing
Holding warmly, willingly accepting
welcoming · including · drawing in · inviting · engaging
straight armingyielding
Bending under pressure
retreating · ducking · evading · giving ground · rolling with
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