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Lcchang Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary

Put on one's arm

I fell down playing basketball. I put on my arm to stop myself and this is what happened-- a broken arm.

What is "put on my arm to stop myself" like? Would anyone describe it?

LCChang
  

Top answer

Couldn't it be "put out your arm"?

— Pieanne

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Couldn't it be "put out your arm"?
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PieanneCouldn't it be "put out your arm"?
I think you must be right. I heard this from a CD, without a script to read. Thanks.

But, what does that mean anyway?

LCChang
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It means you moved your arm forward, in order to protect you
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PieanneIt means you moved your arm forward, in order to protect you
Thanks a lot.

LCChang
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http://www.safetycenter.navy.mil/MEDIA/mech/issues/fall02/humptydumpty.htm

Somewhere in that split second, I must have put down my right arm to break the fa
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