I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a chair leg/arm/back/seat
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The chair leg has broken.
an armed attack
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Armed attacks against Israeli settlements are on the increase.
an armed clash (= involving the use of weapons )
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The violence could soon become armed clashes and even a war.
an armed convoy (= carrying weapons )
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a heavily armed convoy of three vehicles
an armed gang (= with guns )
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An armed gang stole jewels worth more than five million pounds.
an armed terrorist
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They were gunned down by armed terrorists outside their hotel.
an arms embargo (= one that stops weapons being sold or sent to a country )
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Ministers knew that the arms embargo was being broken.
an arms/weapons deal (= one which involves selling weapons )
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A number of recent arms deals have embarrassed the government.
arm candy
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He had just invited me along as arm candy.
armed forces
Armed guards
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Armed guards were posted by the exit.
armed insurrection
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an armed insurrection against the party in power
armed police
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Armed police surrounded the house.
armed rebellion
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This injustice has produced armed rebellion.
armed revolt (= one in which weapons are used )
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Somalis living just across the Ethiopian border rose up in armed revolt.
armed robbery (= robbery using a gun )
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He received a 10 year prison sentence for armed robbery .
armed uprising
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an armed uprising
arm/leg/stomach etc muscles
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Her leg muscles ached after the run.
arms cache
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a large arms cache
arms control
arms control (= control of the amount of weapons a country has )
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an agreement on arms control
arms race
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the nuclear arms race
arms reduction
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They held talks about further arms reductions.
arms/oil/drug etc shipment
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an illegal arms shipment
as long as your arm (= a very long list )
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He owes money to a list of people as long as your arm .
babe in arms (= one that has to be carried )
be armed with a knife (= have it with you )
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One of the men was armed with a knife.
be under (police/armed etc) guard (= to be guarded by a group of people )
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He was taken to hospital, where he is now under police guard.
chance...arm (= take a risk by doing something which may fail )
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She’d never played before, but she was ready to chance her arm .
clasp sb/sth in your hands/arms
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She clasped the photograph in her hands.
clasp your hands/arms around/behind sth
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Fenella leaned forward, clasping her hands around her knees.
coat of arms
comrade in arms
cost an arm and a leg (= have a price that is much too high )
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A skiing holiday needn’t cost you an arm and a leg.
flung...arms
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She flung her arms round Louise.
fracture your leg/arm/hip etc
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He fractured his right leg during training.
heavily armed
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thousands of heavily armed troops
hold sth in your hand/arms
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He was holding a knife in one hand.
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I held the baby in my arms.
hug your knees/arms/legs etc
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Sarah sat on the floor, hugging her knees.
hurt your arm/leg/nose etc
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He hurt his knee playing football.
lay down...arms
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The terrorists were urged to lay down their arms .
lift your hand/arm/leg etc
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She lifted her hand to knock on the door once again.
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Pam lifted her shoulders in a little shrug.
linking arms (= putting his arm around her arm )
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He walked with her, linking arms .
lose an arm/leg/eye etc
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He lost his leg in a motorcycle accident.
military/violent/armed confrontation
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Japan seemed unlikely to risk military confrontation with Russia.
nuclear arms race
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the nuclear arms race
outstretched arms/hands/fingers
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She ran to meet them with outstretched arms.
poke sb in the eye/arm/ribs etc
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Be careful with that umbrella or you’ll poke someone in the eye.
sb’s good eye/arm/leg etc (= the one that is not damaged )
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He sat up, supporting himself on his good arm.
slender legs/arms/fingers etc
stab sb in the heart/arm etc
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She had been stabbed in the chest repeatedly.
strategic arms/weapons (= weapons designed to reach an enemy country from your own )
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strategic nuclear missiles
tap sb on the shoulder/arm/chest etc
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He turned as someone tapped him on the shoulder.
the armed forces (= a country’s military organizations, including the army, navy, and air force )
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Israel refused to withdraw its armed forces from the area.
the arms/timber/book etc trade
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Britain is heavily involved in the arms trade.
the long arm of the law
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He won’t escape the long arm of the law .
thin arms/legs/lips etc
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He has long thin hands.
tie sb’s hands/arms/legs/feet
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One of them tied her hands behind her back.
touch sb on the arm/leg etc
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A hand touched her on the shoulder.
welcomed...with open arms (= in a very friendly way )
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His family welcomed me with open arms .
welcome...with open arms
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We would welcome any advice or suggestions with open arms .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
broken
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This patient I have to see is a monkey with a suspected broken arm .
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He'd been hit by a car three weeks before, and he had a broken arm and pelvis.
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The schoolboy sent back to class with a broken arm .
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They stepped forward, and raised Chant by his broken arms .
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The boy with the broken arm had fainted once; now he was sitting against a wall, crying.
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Its tail dangled useless, like the broken arm of a bendy rubber doll.
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Bernice could see Thomas trying to prise his hands apart, but his broken arm proved to be a burden.
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Along with the souvenirs, he brought home a reminder of a broken arm .
left
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His left arm was jammed tight against the side of the seat.
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I was tired by the time I got home and my left arm ached.
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Yes, my left arm was trapped.
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As much as his left arm , Estes has used his leveled head to get him to the All- Star Game.
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Her left arm was locked to her side, because her shoulder was extremely painful.
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With his left arm he gave Billie a clumsy and rather inebriated embrace, and tipped his glass to Albert.
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She would scream if anyone came near her left arm , and she cried at night, begging for painkillers.
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His own place was represented by a tattoo he wore on his left arm .
long
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The long slender arms are flexible, unlike the starfish shown previously.
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Five minutes passed and several police cars careened by. long black arms swung threateningly at the parked cars.
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The disk is usually scaled, the arms are very long and the arm spines are short and erect.
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She walks down the line, awkwardly hugging each player with her long , bony arms .
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The dorsal arm spines are the longest nearly two arm segments in length, the ventral arm spines are much shorter.
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Rufus had impossibly long arms with the same type of musculature as Hector and Mr Lewis.
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Their long arms are particularly well adapted to life in trees.
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They are tall and lean, with long arms and explosive quickness.
open
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He greeted Riley with open arms .
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You walk in here and you expect to be welcomed with open arms .
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Did I welcome him with open arms ?
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Not that the profession was necessarily going to welcome me into the fold with open arms .
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And if the turnout was any indication, the parish was welcoming them with open arms .
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Now we welcome death with open arms , especially when we are old.
right
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Reach out and slowly lift the right arm and left leg off the floor, keeping the movement controlled.
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She had survived polio, but her right leg was weak and deformed, and her right arm dangled loosely.
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In addition, any weaver caught using illegally dyed yarns could be sentenced to having his right arm cut off.
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He lifts his right arm with his left hand to put his elbow on a table.
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At fifty-five or sixty degrees he had to brace his right arm against his leg in order to fight the roll.
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Serrin was treated for smoke inhalation and burns on his right arm and was listed in serious condition in a Gloucester hospital.
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The right training, the right arms , everything that's coming to the surface now.
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Out of the corner of my eye I saw him strike out with his right arm and catch Dweetz across the neck.
small
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The rapid spread of small arms and light weapons facilitate the recruitment of child soldiers.
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Several Third World countries have themselves become suppliers of small arms for such conflicts.
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The event is aimed at reducing the carnage caused by the worldwide stockpile of 550m small arms .
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At that point, small arms and automatic weapons opened up.
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The consensus is that the Kiev government has tightened controls over the small arms trade in recent months.
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Billie was so small in his arms , his heart broke for her smallness.
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Her frame was small , her arms looked frail and very white against the raw silk.
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The round had not landed before small-arms fire broke out all around the perimeter.
strong
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Their faces were too strong , their arms were too thick, their shoulders were wrong.
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She walked faster, her strong arms swinging her along.
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During the 1953 crisis he had operated literally as the strong arm of his father, General Zahedi.
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He told me that short, strong arms were good for a boxer.
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Each of them is free to have casual encounters outside the strong arms of their love.
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I think he has a good strong arm .
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For how are we to bring in the corn harvest with all those strong hands and strong arms gone?
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Like Aikman, he owns a strong arm and throws accurately.
upper
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Her blouse was scooped so low at the front that it left her shoulders and upper arms bare.
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The usual treatment involves application of two patches at bedtime to the upper arms , thighs, or abdomen.
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One of its shoulder straps had drooped to her upper arm .
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Secure at the wrists and upper arms with the rubber bands.
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Stretch the upper arm up and over even further than yesterday.
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He touched her shoulder, and her upper arm , and the inside of her elbow.
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Lean on your elbow and use the upper arm to support you in front.
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It is characterised by unsightly lumps and bumps which collect in the thighs, buttocks, hips and upper arms .
■ NOUN
control
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They say that it could erode existing arms control agreements and lead to a new arms race.
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Bush made an important speech on arms control policy last week in Washington.
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We committed ourselves to arms control , disarmament and non-proliferation and to the conclusion of a chemical weapons convention this year.
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The two men meet semiannually on trade, arms control and other security issues.
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The later stages of arm control involve lifting the hemiplegic arm and controlling it in space while bending and straightening the elbow.
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In the new world, arms sales abroad are a more critical problem than superpower arms control .
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There is still work to be done on maritime arms control .
dealer
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As with most arms dealers payola - commission or bribes - is the key to his living.
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Story: A team of secret agents battles double-crossing spies and arms dealers .
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Reconditioned Royal Navy ships were turned into Confederate blockade runners by Clydeside arms dealers .
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Merchant banks, sugar companies, arms dealers .
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But Bond only had a license to kill - arms dealers have something much more lucrative, as Janice Turner discovered.
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First, a media sting operation caught several senior government aides taking bribes from arms dealers .
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Not unnaturally it was handed to me, now being officially outside the Ministère and a recognised arms dealer .
embargo
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That could include traditional diplomacy, peace-monitoring, the placing of tripwire forces on disputed borders and the policing of arms embargoes .
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The story starts in 1985, when Britain put an arms embargo on Saddam's military state.
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The deal violated international arms embargoes .
race
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They can emphasise the danger of a new arms race .
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Further, the arms race between the superpowers has escalated still more.
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The potential for a destructive arms race is ever present.
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The primary danger of war was the irrational arms race and overly hostile relations between the major military powers.
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They say that it could erode existing arms control agreements and lead to a new arms race .
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The Soviet Union tested its own hydrogen bomb within a year, and the nuclear arms race escalated further.
sale
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Its role in backing arms sales is particularly controversial because government insurance is a form of subsidy.
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In the new world, arms sales abroad are a more critical problem than superpower arms control.
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The declaration exposed him to accusations of hypocrisy after each revelation of arms sales to dubious regimes.
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The Independent of July 16 noted that no agreement had been reached on limiting arms sales .
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There must be strict control on arms sales to the region.
■ VERB
bear
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The total census of the towns comes to just under 300,000 people of whom some 60,000 were capable of bearing arms .
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Frequent prohibitions by the government against the bearing of arms had no effect.
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This, though he bore one arm in a rough sling, and looked tired and worried out of his slow mind.
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John Hostettler, R-Ind., who once suggested that the constitutional right to bear arms included nuclear weapons; and Rep.
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Women who choose to find employment in military institutions want therefore to be allowed to bear arms and to fight.
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All civilians possessing army-distributed guns must return them and undergo physical and psychological tests to determine their fitness to bear arms .
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There is no constitutional right to bear arms .
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The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed by law.
break
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Six had minor gunshot wounds, the seventh had tripped over a fallen tree and broken an arm .
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Next to Billy was little Paul Lazzaro with a broken arm . he was fizzing with rabies.
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He must've broken the other arm because the next day he had both arms in plaster.
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My husband suffered a broken arm and severe head injuries.
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According to hearsay, Bez had managed to break his arm - twice.
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Now with broken arm and gory leg he sits sighing and weeping with pain.
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I ended up having a fight with him, he broke my arm and I got hit on the head.
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Scabbards, broken arms , artillery horses, wrecks of gun carriages, and bloody garments strewed the scene.
cross
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If you aren't using flags, cross your arms in front of your body with your right hand clasped over the left.
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I laughed, crossed my arms , looked upward again.
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Turning off the tape, he lay on the bottom bunk and crossed his arms under his head.
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Cantor had been sitting in one corner, legs casually crossed , one arm thrown over the back of the sofa.
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Meanwhile - and he crossed his arms as it to underline the point - nobody gets in and nobody gets out.
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Still with your arms straight, flex your hands and cross your arms low in front of you, hands together.
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Every week we practice leaving our desks quickly, crossing our arms over our heads, lying still on the classroom floor.
fold
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She stands back, folds her arms , waits for the message to sink in.
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Pat got into the car, buckled the seat belt, folded her arms tight to her chest.
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The girl sobs with relief, folding her arms in a fleshy nest on the table top to cry into.
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He got the feeling that she folded her arms not to hide herself but as a natural aid to thinking.
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The sister folded her arms and shook her head.
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Tom folded his arms , put a pleasant expression on his face, and did not try to talk any more.
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They fold their arms when they should lift their hand in wrath.
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Banjo folded his arms across the front of his Mac West, scowling, not looking at Connors.
hold
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He was still holding my arm but there was space between us.
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And as for recalling those moments of being held in his arms ... she'd be wise to forget them.
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Mr Barraza spent three months teaching me how to stand and move and how to hold my arms with gloves on.
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He held out one fat arm and tried to catch a seagull flying low.
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Grieving families hold their children in their memories and in their hearts, but no longer can hold them in their arms .
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The girl on the right of Lizzy held out her arms and the child tottered towards her.
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He would hold her in his arms .
lift
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Reach out and slowly lift the right arm and left leg off the floor, keeping the movement controlled.
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Ace hadn't consciously lifted her arm and fired the suit's built-in blaster.
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A man at port lifted his arm one way and a second at starboard lifted his another.
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He lifted one sinewy arm to wave.
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Every feather in her boa fluttered and caressed as she lifted her arm and her glass.
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Annie lifted me in her arms so I could look down.
link
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Lady Isabella linked her arm through his.
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Julia Patterson as she linked arms with two other senators and escaped down the marble stairs.
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Madeleine linked her arm into Louis's.
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The two-minute video shows the protesters casually entering the office before linking arms through the tubes.
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Margaret linked her arm through mine and we walked to the zebra-crossing.
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Athelstan linked his arm through that of the coroner and they carefully made their way down Cheapside.
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Outside in the street Maggie linked arms with Laura.
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He walked between us, linking arms .
raise
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Do 20 walking jogs, raising the arms up and down.Then jog properly for as long as possible.
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Then she raised her arms like a victorious swimmer, stretched toward the ceiling, and came back.
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With hands interlinked behind, raise the arms 30 times.
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He sat me up and raised my arms over my head again and again.
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He half raised his arm to draw her attention, and thought better of it.
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Suppose that a prefrontal patient is in bed with his arms under the covers and you ask him to raise his arm.
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Inevitably, he raised his arm and pulled her down, so that their lips met.
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Shooter Brian Evans can barely raise his ailing arm .
stretch
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Now push and stretch that arm just a little further and hold for 1 second.
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I could stretch both arms toward the sides of the chamber without touching them.
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He stretched out his arms but had no room to manoeuvre.
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Denver stretches out her right arm and takes a step or two.
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He then stretches out his arms and attempts to grab the sole of each foot.
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In her sleep Alcyone moaned and stretched her arms out to clasp him.
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Mr Montesinos's influence stretched into every arm of public life.
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Manshin Anjima stretched her arms above her head, then began to braid her sparse hair.
take
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As you do so, take your arms up and then down to rest on the floor above your head.
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Father stood and took her arm .
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She took his arm firmly, just above the elbow, and jerked him half way off his stool.
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They may even locally have taken up arms for the Cathar cause.
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Evans had taken Gwen's arm to help her circumnavigate a frozen puddle.
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Bobby took my arm and steered me toward the men.
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Stand with feet comfortably apart and take your arms out to the sides.
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Sarah clapped abstractedly when he finished and took him by the arm .
twist
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So me Dad twists his arm a bit, like.
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He twisted her arm behind her back and kicked her hard.
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Anger gave her an added surge of strength, and she twisted her arm sharply downwards and broke his grip.
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He knew how to get along with people, how to twist arms without causing fractures.
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Rhythmically twist both arms over and back, over and back.
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How many times can the shoe companies twist the arms of their stars to keep them coming to the Olympics?
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It would seek to twist Government's arm to ensure that appropriate management was bought in.
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One of the owners grabbed him, another twisted my arm behind my back.
wave
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Kip waved his arm down, without looking back.-I want to know what your cause is, man.
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I put the bracelet on and waved my arm to show them.
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The figures moved around them, waving their arms in a coordinated movement towards each other.
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Can you read me?... Wave your arms if you can hear me...
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He stepped out into the road and waved his arms .
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He waved his arms and the cheers grew.
wrap
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At least he clung to me and let me wrap my arms around him.
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Isabel shuddered at the memory and wrapped her arms about her waist.
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She jumped in, wrapping her arms around him.
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The pain in the region of her heart was so intense that she wrapped her arms around herself involuntarily.
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She undid the clasp and wrapped her arms around him.
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He dropped the soap and wrapped his arms around her, they slid against each other, their skin slippery and sensual.
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After handing her his bundle, he reached back and wrapped his arms around the back of her knees.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(with) arms akimbo
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Anatole stood arms akimbo , challenging me.
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Arms akimbo , she made herself ready for battle.
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Aunt Bedelia stood at the gate with her arms akimbo , then Otley and Elinor joined her.
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He stood, arms akimbo , looking around in the musty gloom.
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I half wanted him to fall, legs and arms akimbo , flowers drifting down after him.
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It was accompanied by a photograph of Blufton standing - arms akimbo - in front of a grey smudge of masonry.
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Meanwhile, a silhouetted figure floats in the distance, arms akimbo .
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That's Aunt Bedelia with her arms akimbo again.
a shot in the arm
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The new factory will give the local economy a real shot in the arm.
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Coming back will be a shot in the arm.
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In 1922 it received a shot in the arm through a large subsidy from the Central Committee.
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It now had the effect of a shot in the arm.
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It was like a shot in the arm for us, and our tiredness fell away.
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On the Conservative side, the decision of Callaghan not to hold an election came as a shot in the arm.
brothers in arms
fold sb in your arms
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Lee went to her and folded her in his arms.
fold your arms
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George stood silently with his arms folded .
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Banjo folded his arms across the front of his Mac West, scowling, not looking at Connors.
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But the moment passed and the Robemaker had folded his arms, the deep sleeves hanging down.
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Denver climbed up on the bed and folded her arms under her apron.
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He folded his arms, admiring the two glittering rings on his right hand.
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He got the feeling that she folded her arms not to hide herself but as a natural aid to thinking.
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Mr Bumble put down his hat, unbuttoned his coat, folded his arms, and sat back in his chair.
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Ruthie folded her arms, as if to emphasize her lack of responsibility for the shop she was minding.
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The woman folded her arms and became silent in a way that swept Lois with feelings of admiration.
in the arms of Morpheus
lock arms
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Fifty students locked arms to block the entrance to the building.
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This is not to say that Brownmiller has written a sanguine portrait of sisters locking arms in struggle.
melt into sb's arms/embrace
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Would they melt into each other's arms?
present arms
press sb's hand/arm
put your hand/foot/arm out
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Everyone puts his hand out, from cabinet ministers to loan underwriters.
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He put his hand out and there was Lily, quiet and warm beside him.
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He put his hand out, touching his father's cheek.
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Minna put her hands out and I handed her the divorce.
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She tottered, and put her arms out.
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Vern put his hand out this time.
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When she put her hand out, trying to rise, she skittled a row of bottles.
shoulder arms
small arms
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At that point, small arms and automatic weapons opened up.
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Several Third World countries have themselves become suppliers of small arms for such conflicts.
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That does not include heaps of smaller arms and ammunition.
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The consensus is that the Kiev government has tightened controls over the small arms trade in recent months.
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The rebels have put up fierce resistance with small arms and rocket-propelled grenades.
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Then he opened up with small arms.
the crook of your arm
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He carried his jacket in the crook of his arm.
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Carey stood up, the fish held in the crook of his arm, as you would hold an infant.
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His ripped jacket was draped over the crook of his arm.
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Mortified, she turned her face and hid it in the crook of her arm.
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One of them was cradling a sub-machine-gun in the crook of his arm.
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Thérèse clasped the biscuit tin in the crook of her arm.
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The army ride round in jeeps, rifles in the crooks of their arms.
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When he returned, he was carrying four good-sized rocks in the crook of his arm.
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With a big sign she lay her head in the crook of his arm and closed her eyes.
the long arm of sb/sth
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How far are you prepared to stretch the long arm of coincidence?
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I managed two months at large before I felt the long arm of the law on my shoulder once again.
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Oct-11a is located in a region of mouse chromosome 9 homologous with the long arm of human chromosome 11.
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Roy tries an overhead pass, but the long arm of a Stanford player plucks it out of the air.
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The old woman has turned into the long arm of her family.
twist sb's arm
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"Go on, have another drink." "Oh well, if you twist my arm."
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I'm sure he would never have come if I hadn't twisted his arm a little.
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We had to twist her arm to get her to come.
welcome/greet sb/sth with open arms
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And if the turnout was any indication, the parish was welcoming them with open arms.
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Did I welcome him with open arms?
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He greeted Riley with open arms.
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He welcomed them with open arms, talked freely, played draughts with the younger and learned tables from the elder.
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Mind, I welcomed them with open arms because it meant I could stay off school.
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Now we welcome death with open arms, especially when we are old.
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Would you welcome them with open arms?
would give anything/a lot/your right arm etc for sth
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Dana has a broken arm .
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Epson America is the United States marketing arm of a Japanese company.
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Jens' mother put her arms around him.
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Pat was carrying a large box under his arm .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He died in the arms of a passing motorist.
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He tore past the carousels, raced around columns and flew back into my arms.
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Later yet we are herded down to the basement, told to crouch and to cover our heads with our arms.
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Soon she would lie down in the arms of a stronger lover than Tom would ever be and fall asleep.
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The declaration exposed him to accusations of hypocrisy after each revelation of arms sales to dubious regimes.
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The lateral arm plates also carry a series of long bristle-like spines, dorsal to the arm spines.
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There are 5 short arm spines, the longest is scarcely equal in length to one segment.
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Thwarted, he then embraced her stiffly before taking the baby in his arms under the watchful eye of his wife.
II. verb
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(with) arms akimbo
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Anatole stood arms akimbo , challenging me.
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Arms akimbo , she made herself ready for battle.
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Aunt Bedelia stood at the gate with her arms akimbo , then Otley and Elinor joined her.
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He stood, arms akimbo , looking around in the musty gloom.
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I half wanted him to fall, legs and arms akimbo , flowers drifting down after him.
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It was accompanied by a photograph of Blufton standing - arms akimbo - in front of a grey smudge of masonry.
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Meanwhile, a silhouetted figure floats in the distance, arms akimbo .
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That's Aunt Bedelia with her arms akimbo again.
a shot in the arm
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The new factory will give the local economy a real shot in the arm.
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Coming back will be a shot in the arm.
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In 1922 it received a shot in the arm through a large subsidy from the Central Committee.
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It now had the effect of a shot in the arm.
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It was like a shot in the arm for us, and our tiredness fell away.
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On the Conservative side, the decision of Callaghan not to hold an election came as a shot in the arm.
brothers in arms
in the arms of Morpheus
small arms
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At that point, small arms and automatic weapons opened up.
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Several Third World countries have themselves become suppliers of small arms for such conflicts.
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That does not include heaps of smaller arms and ammunition.
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The consensus is that the Kiev government has tightened controls over the small arms trade in recent months.
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The rebels have put up fierce resistance with small arms and rocket-propelled grenades.
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Then he opened up with small arms.
the armed forces
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A new government minister is now responsible for the armed forces.
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Measures will be taken to help modernize the country's armed forces.
the crook of your arm
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He carried his jacket in the crook of his arm.
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Carey stood up, the fish held in the crook of his arm, as you would hold an infant.
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His ripped jacket was draped over the crook of his arm.
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Mortified, she turned her face and hid it in the crook of her arm.
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One of them was cradling a sub-machine-gun in the crook of his arm.
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Thérèse clasped the biscuit tin in the crook of her arm.
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The army ride round in jeeps, rifles in the crooks of their arms.
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When he returned, he was carrying four good-sized rocks in the crook of his arm.
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With a big sign she lay her head in the crook of his arm and closed her eyes.
the long arm of sb/sth
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How far are you prepared to stretch the long arm of coincidence?
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I managed two months at large before I felt the long arm of the law on my shoulder once again.
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Oct-11a is located in a region of mouse chromosome 9 homologous with the long arm of human chromosome 11.
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Roy tries an overhead pass, but the long arm of a Stanford player plucks it out of the air.
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The old woman has turned into the long arm of her family.
welcome/greet sb/sth with open arms
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And if the turnout was any indication, the parish was welcoming them with open arms.
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Did I welcome him with open arms?
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He greeted Riley with open arms.
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He welcomed them with open arms, talked freely, played draughts with the younger and learned tables from the elder.
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Mind, I welcomed them with open arms because it meant I could stay off school.
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Now we welcome death with open arms, especially when we are old.
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Would you welcome them with open arms?
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Roman candles, squibs and rockets were already in the shops and the protesters had armed themselves.