Meaning of dead-leg | Babel Free

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Noun. [B2]

Examples

“If they did then they kept quiet about it for fear of dead-legs, dead-shoulders, kidney punches, that sort⟳ of thing.”

“They'd given kids a dead-leg: a knee to the side of the thigh.”

“I would then have⟳ to leave⟳ it to stealth, and when I did catch⟳ them I would give⟳ them a couple of dead-legs until they pleaded and promised they wouldn't do it again.”

“In a WFI system, usually a distilled water loop, warm standing water can occur⟳ in dead-legs which are defined as dead-ends more than 5 to 6 pipe widths in length, and which extend⟳ downward, either straight or at an angle, from the loop.”

“Critical factors relating to preproduction sterilisation of food contact⟳ surfaces include⟳ correct⟳ assembly of equipment, and assurance that it is clean⟳, and without crevices or dead-legs which are inaccessible for cleaning or heat sterilisation purposes.”

“When a turbine oil lubricating system is drained of one turbine oil and refilled with another turbine oil, as much as 10 to 15% of the previous oil can remain⟳ in the system due to clingage, low-spots, and piping dead-legs.”

“There are many different ways to throw⟳ the change-up, and through the years pitchers on the Dodgers have⟳ used three different methods. They use⟳ a "dead leg" in back, which helps the body drop low; holding the ball with three fingers on top;”

“When a pitcher is trying to be quicker to the plate, often he will start⟳ to dead-leg.”

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