two-fisted
Americanadjective
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ready for or inclined to physical combat.
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strong and vigorous.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of two-fisted
Example Sentences
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As mordant in its way as the slyly subversive movies Luis Buñuel made in Mexico, Brocka’s two-fisted melodrama is a hellish, compelling work by a director whom the French critic Serge Daney, then editor of Cahiers du Cinéma, called “the great filmmaker of the ’70s.”
From New York Times
Then he’d drive back and return to work, resume building toward his dream of head coaching, the competitor in Staley choosing to embrace — no, to cherish — the two-fisted challenger before him.
From Los Angeles Times
“What is in those cards is another unswerving performance by Cruise, whose onscreen commitment to the role is key to making these two-fisted tales — not to mention lines like ‘nobody leaves this hotel alive’ — believable.”
From Los Angeles Times
His easy-going manner is also catching on with his teammates, who are imitating the two-fisted “pepper grinder” gesture that he debuted in St. Louis.
From Seattle Times
“Ambush” has the structure of an old-fashioned two-fisted combat picture, but with too little actual combat.
From Los Angeles Times
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