What is Pole Axed?
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Pole Axed
The pole axe was a weapon used in medeival England. It was literally an axe atop a long pole. Originally the term meant to be killed with such a weapon; it later came to mean being violently killed with any such weapon or instrument.
When the running back was hit by the middle linebacker, he went down like he'd been pole axed.
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