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词汇 gang-tackle
释义 gang tackle
noun[ C ]
(alsogang-tackle)uk /ˈɡæŋ ˌtæk.əl/ us /ˈɡæŋ ˌtæk.əl/
in American football or rugby, an action in which several opposing players tackle the player with the ball (= try to stop them by taking hold of them and making them fall) at the same time:
Defensive linebackers rarely catch him on their own and say their only hope is a gang-tackle.
He was lifted up and driven back ten metres in a gang tackle.
mainly US
a situation in which someone is attacked or criticized by several people at the same time:
The debate was striking in that it amounted to a gang tackle of Ellis.
He braces for a gang tackle from the French players.
All four tries were products of aggressive gang-tackle defence.
We believe the city's administration has to be tackled, but it will take a gang tackle.
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Rugby
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gang tackle
verb[ I or T ]
(alsogang-tackle)uk /ˈɡæŋ ˌtæk.əl/ us /ˈɡæŋ ˌtæk.əl/
In American football or rugby, if several players gang tackle a player from the opposing team who has the ball, they all tackle the player (= try to stop them by taking hold of them and making them fall) at the same time:
The idea is to use misdirection and make it difficult for the defence to gang tackle.
mainly US
If several people gang tackle someone, they all attack or criticize them at the same time:
Her campaign got off to a great start, but got gang tackled by the administration.
They were able to gang tackle the All Black runners, forcing them back over the gain line.
A fan who ran onto the field got immediately gang tackled by security.
After getting gang-tackled by an online mob, the website took down the article.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

American football
attempt
audibilize
back judge
blitz
blocker
bootleg
dime
flare
flea-flicker
formation
forward pass
forward progress
free play
point after
pulling blocker
pump-fake
punt
return specialist
returner
turnover

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Rugby
Disapproving & criticizing
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