with open arms

English

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Prepositional phrase

with open arms

  1. (idiomatic) With enthusiasm, as if embracing
    • 2012, Saint Motel, “1997”, in Voyeur:
      Well, I've made so many new friends / With open arms they let me in / They say they'll be with me till the end / They say they'll stick through thick and thin

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