"long arm" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-long arm.ogg [Australia] Forms: long arms [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} long arm (plural long arms)
  1. A pole tool used for handling things too far away to reach. Categories (topical): Firearms, Tools
    Sense id: en-long_arm-en-noun-juI8JckJ Disambiguation of Firearms: 15 36 34 15 Disambiguation of Tools: 39 21 22 18
  2. (idiomatic) Influence; far-reaching power. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Firearms
    Sense id: en-long_arm-en-noun-tYAxGOFP Disambiguation of Firearms: 15 36 34 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 53 11 27 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 12 63 9 16 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 10 68 7 15
  3. A gun with a long barrel, such as a rifle or shotgun. Categories (topical): Firearms
    Sense id: en-long_arm-en-noun-0LDY2gIM Disambiguation of Firearms: 15 36 34 15
  4. A quilting machine that holds the fabric stationary on long rollers but allows the sewing mechanism to move around the surface of the fabric. Categories (topical): Firearms
    Sense id: en-long_arm-en-noun-Z4owyZ9K Disambiguation of Firearms: 15 36 34 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: long-arm jurisdiction, long arm of the law

Inflected forms

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