straight-arm

straight-arm
/strayt"ahrm'/, v.t.
1. Football. to push (a potential tackler) away by holding the arm out straight; stiff-arm.
2. 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.
n.
3. Football. an act or instance of straight-arming.
Also, stiff-arm.

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