a blow (a hit) below the belt
1below the belt — I adjective disregarding the rules (from the notion of an illegal low blow in boxing) her accusations were below the belt • Similar to: ↑unfair, ↑unjust • Topics: ↑boxing, ↑pugilism, ↑ …
2hit someone below the belt — ► hit someone below the belt 1) Boxing give one s opponent an illegal low blow. 2) behave unfairly towards someone. Main Entry: ↑hit …
3hit someone below the belt — 1》 Boxing give one s opponent an illegal low blow. 2》 behave unfairly towards someone. → histrionics …
4hit someone below the belt — Boxing give one s opponent an illegal low blow ■ behave unfairly, esp. so as to gain an unfair advantage …
5belt — beltless, adj. /belt/, n. 1. a band of flexible material, as leather or cord, for encircling the waist. 2. any encircling or transverse band, strip, or stripe. 3. an elongated region having distinctive properties or characteristics: a belt of… …
6hit — v. & n. v. (hitting; past and past part. hit) 1 tr. a strike with a blow or a missile. b (of a moving body) strike (the plane hit the ground). c reach (a target, a person, etc.) with a directed missile (hit the window with the ball). 2 tr. cause… …
7hit — ► VERB (hitting; past and past part. hit) 1) direct a blow at (someone or something) with one s hand or a tool or weapon. 2) propel (a ball) with a bat, racket, etc. 3) accidentally strike (part of one s body) against something. 4) (of a moving… …
8belt — ► NOUN 1) a strip of leather or other material worn round the waist to support or hold in clothes or to carry weapons. 2) a continuous band in machinery that transfers motion from one wheel to another. 3) a strip or encircling area: the asteroid… …
9hit — verb (hits, hitting, hit) 1》 direct a blow at with one s hand or a tool or weapon. ↘accidentally strike (part of one s body) against something. ↘(of a moving object or body) come into contact with (someone or something stationary) quickly …
10belt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. girdle, band; stripe; zone; circuit. v. t. bind, encircle; gird; whip. See circularity, circumscription, impulse. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A long flexible strip] Syn. sash, cummerbund, obi, cincture,… …
