1) Not fair 2) Slang for underhand, spiteful 3) Unfair 4) Unscrupulous or unfair 5) Unsportsmanlike
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Mainly used in combat sports such as boxing and kickboxing, below the belt refers to all the area of the body that lies below the line of the opponent`s navel, including the genital area, legs, and crotch. In these sports, as in many others, punches must not be struck below the opponent`s navel, as it is deemed unfair and contrary to sportsmansh.....
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Below the belt meaning unfair comes from the unfair and illegal boxing maneuver of hitting someone in the nether regions. The phrase gained its figurative meaning around 1889.
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Below the belt is an imaginary line from the belly button to the top of the hips where a boxer is not supposed to hit. To hit below the belt is to not behave according to the rules or decency.
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Below the belt is an imaginary line from the belly button to the top of the hips where a boxer is not supposed to hit. To hit below the belt is to not behave according to the rules or decency.
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Below the belt is slang for underhand, spiteful.
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[
adj] - disregarding the rules (from the notion of an illegal low blow in boxing)
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adjective disregarding the rules (from the notion of an illegal low blow in boxing); `her accusations were below the belt`
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Below the belt is an imaginary line from the belly button to the top of the hips where a boxer is not supposed to hit. To hit below the belt is to not behave according to the rules or decency.
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https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21628
often used a metaphor for something unacceptable or uncalled for, in boxing refers to the illegal punch area, typically below a line, often dictated by the boxers shorts and abdominal guard.
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A punch that strays low, below the waistband of a boxer?s trunks.
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