Meaning of route-one | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Pertaining to route one football.
2. Direct, basic, unsubtle, brute force.
   UK, slang

Examples

“But the Warlington midfield surrounded Ben, making a square ball to Lee on the left his only real option unless he went for a route one hit-and-hope. But Ben just wasn't a route one kind of player”

“They were blindingly primitive, powered by Clark's anti-jazz drums, relentless two-note saxophone and Mike Smith's raw bellowed vocals. Unlike the early-sixties Spurs team that Clark watched from the terraces, this was route-one stuff.”

“It was a calculated route-one strategy, but would it work? If they dragged these unsuspecting punters in with the music, the album's content would certainly make them think.”

“You are less likely to drop dead, because lack of exercise is the second-biggest killer of middle-aged men after smoking. It's all really simple, route-one stuff.”

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