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hit below the belt

hit below the belt verb: to act unfairly, unscrupulously, or to make a cruel, personal attack during an argument or competition.

Verb

hit below the belt (third-person singular simple present hits below the belt, present participle hitting below the belt, simple past and past participle hit below the belt)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To act unfairly, unscrupulously, or to make a cruel, personal attack during an argument or competition.

Forms of hit below the belt

third-person singular presenthits below the belt
present participlehitting below the belt
past participlehit below the belt
pasthit below the belt

Questions about hit below the belt

What does hit below the belt mean?
Hit below the belt means to act unfairly, unscrupulously, or to make a cruel, personal attack during an argument or competition.
What part of speech is hit below the belt?
Hit below the belt is a verb.
What is the past tense of hit below the belt?
The past tense of hit below the belt is hit below the belt.

Words near hit below the belt in the dictionary

  1. hit away
  2. hit back
  3. hit batsman
  4. hit batsmen
  5. hit below one's weight
  6. hit below the belt
  7. hit bottom
  8. hit by pitch
  9. hit counter
  10. hit counters
  11. hit different

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