Reach-around

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Manual stimulation of a sexual partner's genitals during anal or vaginal intercourse from behind.

    "I bet you're the kind of guy that would fuck a person in the ass and not even have the goddamn common courtesy to give him a reach-around. I'll be watching you."

  2. 2
    An ostensibly thoughtful gesture, especially one performed to win favour or mitigate unfair treatment. broadly, idiomatic
  3. 3
    A passing style in which the ballhandler performs a crossover step in the direction of the intended pass and then extends his or her arms to throw the pass around the defender.

Example

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"I bet you're the kind of guy that would fuck a person in the ass and not even have the goddamn common courtesy to give him a reach-around. I'll be watching you."

Etymology

Deverbal from reach around.

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