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单词 to get a half-nelson on
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to get a half-nelson on
half nelson n. Wrestling a hold in which one arm is thrust under the corresponding arm of the opponent and the hand placed on the back of his neck; also fig. in phr. to get a half-nelson on: to hold in a crippling position, gain a complete hold over; hence as v. trans. with the sense of this phr.
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1889 W. Armstrong Wrestling 230 Half Nelson, Lancashire.
1896 G. Ade Artie xvii. 154 This thing got the half-Nelson on me before I know it.
1898 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport II. 548/2 The half Nelson and heave.
1901 Black & White Budget 30 Nov. 315/1 The half-nelson... You grasp your opponent by the right wrist with your left hand, thrust your right hand quickly under his arm at the same time seizing his neck and pressing his head forward.
1903 P. Longhurst Wrestling 77 The arm that has the half-nelson hold.
1912 Daily Chron. 6 Mar. And Radicals in sunshine bask with Delight to see the clever Asquith Half-Nelson Bonar Law.
1961 Observer 26 Nov. 27/1 He gives an exquisite demonstration of the half~nelson generally used to make the unwilling talk.
1966 New Statesman 15 July 74/2 He knew..that Sir Alec Douglas-Home had to be..half-nelsoned and regularly thrown out of the ring.
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