Arm-wrestle

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A bout of arm wrestling.
Verb
  1. 1
    To compete in an arm-wrestle (with). ambitransitive
  2. 2
    To struggle (with) for dominance. ambitransitive, broadly

    "Unable to give any answer, Benhur finds himself being arm-wrestled on both sides; he feels like a boy with them, unscathed as yet by Tuesday morning in Constitutional Law"

Synonyms

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pull wrists

Example

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"Unable to give any answer, Benhur finds himself being arm-wrestled on both sides; he feels like a boy with them, unscathed as yet by Tuesday morning in Constitutional Law"

Etymology

From arm + wrestle.

Related phrases

arm-wrestlerarm-wrestling

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