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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