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half nelson

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half nelson
n.
A wrestling hold in which one arm is passed under the opponent's arm from behind to the back of the neck.
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Noun1.half nelsonhalf nelson - a wrestling hold in which the holder puts an arm under the opponent's arm and exerts pressure on the back of the neck
nelson - any of several wrestling holds in which an arm is passed under the opponent's arm from behind and the hand exerts pressure on the back of the neck


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In fact I was a fiction writer but I had written a short film, Half Nelson, which a director resident, John Fawcett, made a couple of years before.
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