hit below the belt
Example Sentences
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But he also was denigrated as a gut fighter who hit below the belt.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2021
Athletics: C Chris Hermann left with a groin contusion after getting hit below the belt by a bounced pitch.
From Washington Times • Aug. 25, 2019
On only his second day of training camp, Lock, who reportedly was in a contract stalemate earlier this week, got verbally hit below the belt Friday by the old-school coach of the Broncos.
From Reuters • Jul. 19, 2019
Propeller, the all-male British theater troupe that routinely turns Shakespeare into a donnybrook, has never hesitated to hit below the belt.
From New York Times • Mar. 18, 2011
What would be thought of a contest between a heavy-weight and a feather-weight in which the heavy-weight was allowed to hit below the belt and the feather-weight was confined to the Marquis of Queensberry's rules?
From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV by Harper, Ida Husted
