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receive with open arms

See: WITH OPEN ARMS.

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with open arms

[with open arms] {adv. phr.} 1. With the arms spread wide for hugging or catching. * /When Father came home from work, little Sally ran out to meet him with […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

open arms

[open arms] See: [RECEIVE WITH OPEN ARMS]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

arm

[arm] See: [GIVE ONE'S RIGHT ARM], [KEEP AT A DISTANCE] or [KEEP AT ARM'S LENGTH], [SHOT IN THE ARM], [TAKE UP ARMS], [TWIST ONE'S ARM], [UP IN ARMS], [WITH OPEN […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

up in arms

[up in arms] {adj. phr.} 1. Equipped with guns or weapons and ready to fight. * /All of the colonies were up in arms against the Redcoats./ Syn.: [IN ARMS]. […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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