Meaning of bear hug | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any especially large, tight or enthusiastic hug, usually friendly and especially given by a male.
2. A hostile takeover effort in which one firm offers to buy the other firm at a share price too high to refuse.
3. A hold with the arms around the opponent.

Equivalents

Examples

“Granddad scooped up the child in a big bear hug.”

“Challenger kissed us all in her emotion, before she finally threw herself into the bear-hug of her husband.”

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