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bear hug
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bear hug
1. a wrestling hold in which the arms are locked tightly round an opponent's chest and arms
2. Commerce an approach to the board of one company by another to indicate that an offer is to be made for their shares


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Through it all, the four leads make a convincing family of knuckleheads, trash-talking, bear-hugging and cuffing each other around when necessary.
Here were sovereign American citizens in the prime of their lives, faces glazed with tears and snot, blubbering, blaming, bear-hugging stuffed animals, trying to get in touch with something called their "inner child," and an appalling thought shivered through me: What's it going to be like when these people get old?
By Tuesday afternoon, the mood had lightened considerably, and practice ended with Bryant bear-hugging Malone and laughing.
 
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