body drop

American  

noun

1. a judo throw executed by grabbing the opponent as one is turning one's back and then extending a leg to pull the opponent down over it.

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Etymology

Origin of body drop

First recorded in 1945–50

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body drop

“Boxing, when you slip-slide, dig to the body, drop up under the hook, come back with a hook? All that stuff beautiful, man, beautiful stuff,” he said.

From The New Yorker ● May 21, 2015

Let her body drop into the water, felt the tide carry her gently back to the safe, sturdy ground.

From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder

And the mother let her hands fall by her side, and her body drop into a chair.

From Home Scenes and Home Influence; a series of tales and sketches by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur

She allowed her body drop all the way to the floor.

From Scorched Earth by Walter D. Petrovic

The men who have hold of the millionaire's body, drop it.

From The Transgressors Story of a Great Sin by Francis A. Adams