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forearm

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1. forearm - Noun

2. forearm - Verb

Meaning

To arm or prepare for attack or resistance before the time of need.

That part of the arm or fore limb between the elbow and wrist; the antibrachium.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Honey, I liked the Harry Potter movies, too, but that doesn't mean I ran out and got a Dark Mark tattooed onto my left forearm like you did. Jim Butcher

I was walking in the city the other day. I saw a syringe lying on the sidewalk. I stuck the needle in my forearm. That was a classy neighborhood, so the use of the syringe seemed justified. Xavier Leroy

Films like Speed belong to the genre I call Bruised Forearm Movies, because you're always grabbing the arm of the person sitting next to you. Done wrong, they seem like tired replays of old chase cliches. Done well, they're fun. Done as well as Speed, they generate a kind of manic exhilaration. Roger Ebert

There is a growing strength in women but it's in the forehead, not the forearm. Men will always be attracted to women with nice soft arms and a fleshy bosom. Beverly Sills

There is a growing strength in women, but it is in the forehead, not in the forearm. Beverly Sills

Give [him] a fingernail, [he] will ask for the forearm. Russian Proverb

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