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Definition of stiff-arm verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

stiff-arm

verb
 
/ˌstɪf ˈɑːm/
 
/ˌstɪf ˈɑːrm/
(also straight-arm)
(both North American English)
(British English hand somebody off)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they stiff-arm
 
/ˌstɪf ˈɑːm/
 
/ˌstɪf ˈɑːrm/
he / she / it stiff-arms
 
/ˌstɪf ˈɑːmz/
 
/ˌstɪf ˈɑːrmz/
past simple stiff-armed
 
/ˌstɪf ˈɑːmd/
 
/ˌstɪf ˈɑːrmd/
past participle stiff-armed
 
/ˌstɪf ˈɑːmd/
 
/ˌstɪf ˈɑːrmd/
-ing form stiff-arming
 
/ˌstɪf ˈɑːmɪŋ/
 
/ˌstɪf ˈɑːrmɪŋ/
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  1. stiff-arm somebody (in sport) to push away a player who is trying to stop you, with your arm straight
See stiff-arm in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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