open-armed hug
- noun
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- She greeted her family with an open-armed hug after her long trip abroad.
Examples
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Nothing compares to the feeling of an open-armed hug from a close friend.
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After a long trip, I received an open-armed hug from my mom.
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He offered an open-armed hug to anyone who needed comfort.
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She greeted him with an open-armed hug.
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She greeted her family with an open-armed hug after her long trip abroad.
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Nothing compares to the feeling of an open-armed hug from a close friend.
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After a long trip, I received an open-armed hug from my mom.
Synonyms
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2.0
A tight warm hug
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3.0
A very strong, tight hold with your arms around someone
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8.2
A warm hug people give to show affection
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4.7
Holding someone in your arms to show affection
A close hug made by putting your arms around someone to show affection
How Warm
Surface Forms
Morphology
open-armed + hug
The meaning 'a warm, enthusiastic embrace with arms outstretched' is directly compositional from 'open-armed' (arms open/extended) + 'hug' (an embrace); a learner who knows 'open', 'armed/arm', and 'hug' can readily infer the sense. The posture-based image is cross-linguistically common and follows a regular adjective+noun pattern, so it is immediately comprehensible to B1 learners.
Etymology
The noun open-armed hug comes from the simple image of someone standing with open arms ready to give a warm hug. Because the arms are wide and welcoming, the phrase now means 'a very warm embrace' or 'a sign of welcome'.