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Getting up in arms?
Answer for the clue "Getting up in arms? ", 9 letters:
embracing
Alternative clues for the word embracing
- Have as one's sphere or territory
- Hug, usually with fondness
- Include as part of something broader
- Take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own
- As one heads for Mount Everest when climbing, cold as Skegness?
- The act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)
- Activity at a joyful reunion
Word definitions for embracing in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection) [syn: embrace ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The act of giving an embrace. vb. (present participle of embrace English)
Usage examples of embracing.
Amid handshakings, embracings, good wishes, and kisses, boxes are opened, bonbons are showered forth, parcels are undone, mirth becomes deafening, and good humor tumultuous.
Tityros and godfather Idomeneas soon got away from the embracings and greetings and began whispering together on a corner of the sofa.