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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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Fisher, the coach of the Tennessee Titans, is more inclined to embrace a player with a giddy bearhug, dole out a pat on the back or engage in a light conversation.
Back-to-back jumpers from Grant had given the Lakers a five-point lead with 1:24 to go and earned Grant a big bearhug from O'Neal.
At the end of his remarks, Hertzberg put his legendary bearhug around many Democratic and Republican legislators - a gesture that has come to personify the 45-year-old lawyer and businessman who lives in Sherman Oaks.
 
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