ADVERB
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in an unfair manner
they dealt with him unfairly
their accusations hit below the belt
ADJECTIVE
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disregarding the rules (from the notion of an illegal low blow in boxing)
her accusations were below the belt
How To Use below the belt In A Sentence
- That was definitely a blow below the belt!
- Hits us below the belt as often as not.
- In order to do that, they extended the canvas-top mechanism below the beltline, thus creating a pocket for water to collect, writes Mr. Neil. Ragtop Road Monster
- Nor did he have any scruples about hitting below the belt. The Life and Adventures of William Cobbett
- Nor did he have any scruples about hitting below the belt. The Life and Adventures of William Cobbett
- Do you think it's a bit below the belt what they're doing?
- And as for breakfast time, to expect a man to eat his breakfast to the sound of a crooner is like hitting him below the belt when his vitality is low. Christmas Meeting
- To start by even suggesting a ban on the only thing that has a realistic chance of enabling space colonization is below the belt. The Economist Still Hates To See Humans in Space - NASA Watch
- I don't know what the over-under was on him grabbing himself just below the belt buckle (38?).
- Nor did he have any scruples about hitting below the belt. The Life and Adventures of William Cobbett