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Shoulder Arms
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shoulder arms
Verb
  • Of a soldier at drill, to place a rifle on the right shoulder, with the forearm parallel to the ground and the hand holding the butt. intransitive, military
  • To deliberately lift the bat out of the path of the ball when it is judged to be missing the wicket. intransitive, cricket