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arm wrestling
or arm-wrestling
noun
- a form of wrestling in which two opponents, usually facing each other across a table, rest their right or left elbows on the table and, placing their corresponding forearms upward and parallel, grip each other's hand, the object being to force the opponent's hand down so that it touches the table.
arm wrestling
noun
- a contest in which two people sit facing each other each with one elbow resting on a table, clasp hands, and each tries to force the other's arm flat onto the table while keeping his own elbow touching the table
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Organisers of the event say the sport, founded in a pub in the 1970s, is "like arm wrestling, but with feet".
From BBC
Silly skits that the director constructs for them — arm wrestling, watching “Superbad” — sit alongside quotidian snippets of their inner lives.
From New York Times
Lira, however, denied there was "constant confrontation" with the president: "There is no arm wrestling between Lula and Lira ... but Congress is conservative and some topics are difficult to pass," he said.
From Reuters
“Arm wrestling? It would not have been pretty.”
From Seattle Times
Then arm wrestling and shoving someone away — as White did, when he put his hands on a woman.
From Washington Post
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