English Explanatory Dictionary

with both hands

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prep_phrase
  1. Willingly; readily.
  2. 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.”
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see with, both, hands.

Pronunciation

En-au-with both hands.ogg

Word forms

with both hands

Related words

with both feet
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