Imagine you are involved in a heated discussion at work and suddenly, one of your colleagues forcefully interrupts the conversation to assert his point of view. When someone actively enters a conversation, debate, or discussion without waiting for their turn, you can use an idiomatic expression to describe their behavior straight leg entry.
straight leg entry
do something in a confrontational way
straighten your legs to enter Literally means “Stretch your legs to enter”. It conjures up the image of someone forcefully intervening in a situation, often with a distinct lack of subtlety. As you might expect, this expression is often used in business settings or in meetings involving individuals with different opinions.
During the meeting, the boss rushed in and criticized our work.
During the meeting, the boss intervened forcefully and criticized our work.
Sorry if I'm in too much of a hurry, but I want to remind you that the deadline for project submission is very close: we have to hurry!
Excuse me, but I would like to remind you that the deadline for delivering the project is very close: we need to hurry!


In the football world, straight leg entry (also known as do straight legs) refers to a specific type of tackle called a “tackle” stud tackle. You can watch its video hereI have to say, it looks quite painful!
Heather Broster is a graduate with honors in linguistics from the University of Western Ontario. She is an aspiring polyglot, fluent in English and Italian, as well as varying degrees of fluency in Japanese, Welsh and French. Originally from Toronto, Heather has lived in several countries, notably Italy for six years. Her main research areas are language acquisition, education and bilingual teaching.
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