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low blow

1. Sports An illegal blow in boxing that lands below the opponent's waist.

2. An unscrupulous attack; an insult.

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low blow - unscrupulous abuse

contumely, insult, revilement, vilification, abuse - a rude expression intended to offend or hurt; "when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"; "they yelled insults at the visiting team"

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Judah touched off a brawl during the 10th round of the fight when he fouled Mayweather with a low blow and a rabbit punch.

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The truly low blow came in the pages of Fact, which claimed to have asked some 12,000 psychiatrists whether Goldwater was "psychologically fit to serve as president of the United States.

John Dean's weak conscience: an apostate Republican fails to explain ... by Gillespie, Nick / Reason

And that was a low blow for them to bring up the tax assessor scandal and mention Litwin's name, saying that he wasn't a good citizen.

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