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Below the belt   /bɪlˈoʊ ðə bɛlt/   Listen
Below the belt

adverb
1.
In an unfair manner.  Synonym: unfairly.  "Their accusations hit below the belt"






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"Below the belt" Quotes from Famous Books



... bent double as if he had been struck below the belt; but the Colonel merely straightened himself, and not a nerve in ...
— "Contemptible" • "Casualty"

... answers, 'there's a time when you come to think the Spring old.' You should have heard how he trained out the 'old.' I felt something like decay in my sap just to hear him. In the prize-fight of life, my dear Austin, our uncle Hippias has been unfairly hit below the belt. Let's guard ourselves there, ...
— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith



Words linked to "Below the belt" :   pugilism, unjust, boxing, fairly, unfair, fisticuffs



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