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Bear hug   /bɛr həg/   Listen
Bear hug

noun
1.
A wrestling hold with arms locked tightly around the opponent.
2.
A takeover bid so attractive that the directors of the target company must approve it or risk shareholder protest.





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"Bear hug" Quotes from Famous Books



... giggled as if the whole thing tickled his sense of humor, and walked cat-footed toward Mabel. She let go the vase with a right-handed swing. He had his right arm out stiff in front of him, though, and the vase shied off and smashed against the television set. Then he grabbed Mabel in a bear hug. ...
— Sorry: Wrong Dimension • Ross Rocklynne
... cried Joyce with a bear hug, "I've had a good time, but I'm so glad to see you again!" Don, big boy that he was, had jumped into Daddy's arms. Soon the little trunk had been placed in the car, and they were driving ...
— A Hive of Busy Bees • Effie M. Williams


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