dead-lift

dead-lift
verb
see dead lift II

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deadˈ-lift or deadˈ-pull noun
1. A lift or pull made without help or leverage, etc
2. Hence an effort under discouraging conditions
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Main Entry: ↑dead

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dead-lift «DEHD LIHFT», transitive verb.
to lift (a weight) in the dead lift: »

Ladd can dead-lift 700 lbs. (Time).

1. a direct lifting of a dead weight.
2. an exercise in weight lifting in which a barbell is raised in one motion from the floor to the upper thighs.
3. Archaic, Figurative. a situation in which one can do no more; an extremity: »

to help someone who is at a dead lift.


Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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