with open arms
Ready to embrace
With open arms describes receiving someone warmly and enthusiastically, as if literally spreading your arms for an embrace.
The phrase signals wholehearted welcome or acceptance: The community welcomed the refugees with open arms.
It can also describe eagerly accepting something abstract: She greeted the opportunity with open arms.
- embracingHolding warmly, willingly accepting
- hospitalityGenerous treatment of guests
- warmthHeat you feel
- inclusionBeing made part
- acceptanceConsent to receive
warm welcome · hugging · bear hug · reconciliation · long lost friend · love · generosity · unity · compassion · solidarity · homecoming · family reunion · forgiveness · empathy · welcoming · reunion · come home · harmony
warmth of reception
with open armscoldly
Without emotional warmth
at arm's length · frostily · dismissively · icily · grudgingly
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