low blow


low blow

noun

Definition of LOW BLOW

: an unprincipled attack <gossip column that landed one low blow after another — James Fallows>

Examples of LOW BLOW

  1. Firing her on her birthday was really a low blow.

First Known Use of LOW BLOW

1952

Rhymes with LOW BLOW

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