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View definitions for elbow

elbow

noun as in angular part of arm; angularly shaped item

verb as in push aside

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A colleague had recently been stabbed, he said, and another had their elbow broken in an arrest, which would have been "unheard of in Durham five years ago".

From BBC

This was the 28th victory of Jones' career, with his sole defeat being a disqualification against Matt Hamill in 2009 for using illegal elbows - a move which would be legal under today's rules.

From BBC

“Precise and circumspect, with an avuncular demeanor and an authoritative voice .... Summerall indulged his partner’s many appetites and asides, even when that meant being elbowed aside at the mike and in the limelight.”

Coming off his elbow surgery, the probable soon-to-be three-time MVP was probably going to be on a restricted workload next year anyway.

The sharpest elbows of the race were thrown during the primary, when California’s Democrats were forced to choose among Schiff, Porter and Rep. Barbara Lee of Oakland, all popular Democrats in their own right.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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