textbook tackle
Flawless defensive maneuver
A textbook tackle is one performed with perfect form, exactly as instructors teach it—usually in American football or rugby, where proper technique involves wrapping the arms, driving through the opponent, and bringing them down cleanly.
The phrase extends to any action executed precisely by the book: That was a textbook tackle on the policy proposal—she addressed every weakness.
- footballField sport with goals
- defensive playAction preventing opponent advancement
- classroomEducational instruction space
- equipmentTools for a task
- learningGaining knowledge gradually
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- tackleshorse collar
textbook tacklecheap shot
Unfair attack or remark
flagrant foul · late hit · spearing · targeting · high tackle
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