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In American football, a would-be pass-receiver's arm extended timidly, less than full length, because he senses a tackler bearing down on him and is not whole-heartedly eager to catch the ball. Usually plural. > "He's op…
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- In American football, a would-be pass-receiver's arm extended timidly, less than full length, because he senses a tackler bearing down on him and is not whole-heartedly eager to catch the ball. Usually plural. > "He's open, it's there.... Oh! Off his fingertips, incomplete. He had alligator arms on that one."