block and tackle
compound pulley

Others would have to be moved with a block and tackle.

It would have taken a block and tackle to turn him around.

Had a hell of a job getting her out - thought we'd have to get a block and tackle.

After a while I could hear the men returning with the block and tackle.

He could rig a block and tackle, but that would take time.

"Going into the last game of the season, we're still teaching blocking and tackling."

We got men working block and tackle loading the weapons.

"What do you think these things 151 are, blocks and tackles?

The four of them lowered the horses with a block and tackle.

Therefore the mechanical advantage of a block and tackle is 4.

But ladies cannot get down the bank there at present without the aid of a block and tackle.

It is part of the analysis alongside blocking and tackling.

In this case the block and tackle is said to be "rove to advantage."

There is not much more I can do in there until we have our block and tackle.

Out upon the ship someone was hoisting something with a block and tackle.

At the end we snag the logs out with block and tackle.

Later, they attach a block and tackle, to force the boards around the frame.

Thus, the block and tackle reduces the input force by the factor p.

I certainly don't think the computers know anything about blocking and tackling.

The men left to fetch a block and tackle.

She had to learn to block and tackle, too."

"It was a refocusing on the blocking and tackling," he said.

"If you can catch the ball, throw it, block and tackle, you'll have a pretty good football team."

Why should I trade a good block and tackle for news about something I've already got on my land?"

The principle behind the lifts is similar to the operation of a block and tackle but in reverse.