Phrase guide
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noun
Any especially large, tight or enthusiastic hug, usually friendly and especially given by a male.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A hostile takeover effort in which one firm offers to buy the other firm at a share price too high to refuse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business
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noun
A hold with the arms around the opponent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war, wrestling
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noun
a takeover bid so attractive that the directors of the target company must approve it or risk shareholder protest
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: takeover attempt
noun
a wrestling hold with arms locked tightly around the opponent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: wrestling hold
History
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Across languages
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
