low blow

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

low blow (plural low blows)

1. (boxing) An unfair or illegal blow that lands below the opponent’s waist.
2. (figurative, by extension) Any attack that is considered unfair or unscrupulous.

Translations

an unfair or illegal blow in boxing

• Catalan: cop baix (ca) m
• Finnish: isku vyön alle
• French: coup bas (fr) m
• German: Tiefschlag m
• Hebrew: מכה מתחת לחגורה (he) f (maká mitákhat lakhagorá)
• Hungarian: övön aluli ütés
• Irish: buille íseal m
• Italian: colpo basso (it)
• Polish: cios poniżej pasa m
• Romanian: lovitură sub centură f
• Russian: уда́р ни́же по́яса (ru) m (udár níže pójasa)
• Spanish: golpe bajo
• Swedish: slag under bältet (sv) n
• Ukrainian: уда́р ни́жче по́яса m (udár nýžče pójasa)

an unfair attack

• Catalan: cop baix (ca) m
• Chinese: 不公平的事
• Finnish: isku vyön alle
• French: coup bas (fr) m
• Hungarian: (adjective) övön aluli
• Italian: colpo basso (it)
• Polish: cios poniżej pasa (pl) m
• Romanian: lovitură sub centură f
• Russian: уда́р ни́же по́яса (ru) m (udár níže pójasa)
• Spanish: golpe bajo m
• Swedish: slag under bältet (sv) n
• Ukrainian: уда́р ни́жче по́яса m (udár nýžče pójasa)

See also

• below the belt
• dick move
• dirty pool
• dirty trick
• cheap shot
• rabbit punch
• sucker punch