"long arm" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-long arm.ogg 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): Tools
    Sense id: en-long_arm-en-noun-juI8JckJ 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-en:influence_or_far_reaching_power Disambiguation of Firearms: 12 46 28 14 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 54 11 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 61 7 26 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 68 4 24
  3. A gun with a long barrel, such as a rifle or shotgun.
    Sense id: en-long_arm-en-noun-0LDY2gIM
  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.
    Sense id: en-long_arm-en-noun-Z4owyZ9K
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: long-arm jurisdiction, long arm of the law Related terms: armedness, longarmed, secular arm

Inflected forms

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