"below the belt" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

IPA: /bɪˈləʊ ðiː bɛlt/ [UK], /bəˈloʊ ðə bɛlt/ [US] Audio: en-au-below the belt.ogg
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} below the belt, {{en-prep phrase}} below the belt
  1. (boxing) Of a punch, landing illegally, below the opponent's waist. Categories (topical): Boxing Derived forms: hit below the belt, most common verb form Related terms: low blow, under one's belt Translations ((boxing) of a punch that lands below the opponent's waist): onder de gordel (Dutch), vyön alle (Finnish), unter der Gürtellinie (German), övön alul (Hungarian), övön aluli (Hungarian), undir beltisstað (Icelandic), buille íseal [masculine] (Irish), poniżej pasa (Polish), ни́же пояса (níže pojasa) (Russian), under bältet (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-below_the_belt-en-prep_phrase-KNp8ZFn9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 80 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 82 18 Topics: boxing, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war Disambiguation of "(boxing) of a punch that lands below the opponent's waist": 96 4
  2. (by extension, idiomatic) Unfair; dirty; not according to the generally accepted rules. Tags: broadly, idiomatic Translations (unfair; not according to the rules): onder de gordel (Dutch), vyön alle (Finnish), déloyal (French), en dessous de la ceinture (French), unter der Gürtellinie (German), övön alul (Hungarian), övön aluli (Hungarian), undir beltisstað (Icelandic), scorretto (Italian), poniżej pasa (Polish), ни́же пояса (níže pojasa) (Russian), under bältet (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-below_the_belt-en-prep_phrase-IiDHcvjd Disambiguation of 'unfair; not according to the rules': 1 99
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