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give someone the arm en · VERB
Meanings
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(US, informal) To direct the bras d'honneur (obscene gesture) at someone.
Pentangeli walks out of the restaurant; there's a little tension between the bodyguards of the two factions.
ROSATO (O.S.) Hey, Five-Angels...
He gives him the arm.
Frankie's face turns red, like he wants to have it out here and now; but Willy Cicci calms his down, and they all make their move out.
1973, Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola, The Godfather Part II (screenplay, second draft)
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