Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - rugby tackle

(rugby tackles, rugby tackling, rugby tackled) 1. A rugby tackle is a way of making someone fall over by throwing your arms around their legs or hips. N-COUNT 2. To rugby tackle someone means to make them fall over by throwing your arms around their legs or hips. He rugby tackled her and stole her bag... He was rugby tackled by a policeman after breaking through police lines. VERB: V n, be V-ed