Meaning of wrap one's arms around | Babel Free

Definitions

To support (a person, etc), usually in a difficult time.

transitive

Examples

“The cost of capital is a "big" calculation. Many students have trouble wrapping their arms around it. It's therefore important to develop the whole idea before getting lost in the calculations.”

“Everyone on the production side thought it was great, but marketing couldn't wrap their arms around it.”

“The yet unnamed programmable game system project needed someone who could wrap their arms around it and champion it at the Atari Consumer offices down on Division Street in Campbell, California and Joe was also the perfect candidate for that.”

“2018 Lions will 'wrap arms around Rayner': Fagan Brisbane Lions, 4 August 2018. Accessed 6 August 2018. "Chris Fagan said the Brisbane Lions would wrap their arms around Cam Rayner after the No.1 draft pick missed a golden chance to steal victory in the dying seconds against North Melbourne."”

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