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with_both_hands

with both hands

English

Adverb

with both hands (comparative more with both hands, superlative most with both hands)

  1. (idiomatic) Willingly; readily.
  2. Used other than as an idiom: see with, both, hands.

Usage notes

Most often used in the constructions grab with both hands and take with both hands.

Quotations

William Shakespeare, editing and notes by Brian Gibbons (2006) Measure For Measure, page 45: “Escalus calls on Lucio to help when 'Lodowick' seems to resist, and Lucio takes the opportunity with both hands for a physical assault.”

See also

  • with both feet