the long arm of

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   the power and / or authority of sth

   -Did someone call for the long arm of the law?

In the movies · 1

• -Did someone call for the long arm of the law?Friends: The Reunion2021
• It's as long as my arm. I wish it was as long as something else.Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels1998
• A list of puppet dictators and psychos as long as my arm.Batman: Under the Red Hood2010

Learn it in full scenes

• Friends: The Reunion2021
  • The Cast Returns to the Set
  • The Friends Cast Reunites On Stage
  • The Cast Reunites at the Fountain

From the same entry

• as long as your arm
• at long last
• at the longest
• by a long way
• go back a long way
• go a long way
• have come a long way
• have a long way to go
• how long is a piece of string
• in the long run
• it's a long story
• the long and short of it