don't argue

English

Alternative forms

• don't-argue

Etymology

From the idea that pushing an opponent away with the arm is an order not to argue.

Verb

don't argue (third-person singular simple present don't argues, present participle don't arguing, simple past and past participle don't argued)

1. (Australian rules football) To fend off an opponent by holding an arm out straight and pushing in their chest.
   • 2017 Justin Talent, "THE MOMENT PORT SKIPPER KNEW THEY HAD SOMETHING SPECIAL" 1116 SEN, 26 June 2017. Accessed 23 August 2018.

     "“I think in his first session he don’t argued Ollie (Wines) and put him on his arse and probably two weeks later he did the same thing to Hamish (Hartlett), so we knew this kid was going to be pretty special."

Noun

don't argue (plural don't argues)

1. (Australian rules football) An instance of fending off an opponent by holding an arm out straight and pushing in their chest.
   • 2017 September 30, Angus Reid, “How many 'don't argues' will Dustin Martin pull off in the AFL grand final?”, in Sporting News, retrieved 23 August 2018:

See also

• stiff-arm
• straight-arm

Anagrams

• get around, outranged