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Definition of Bear hug

1. Noun. A wrestling hold with arms locked tightly around the opponent.

2. Noun. A takeover bid so attractive that the directors of the target company must approve it or risk shareholder protest.

Definition of Bear hug

1. Noun. any especially large, tight or enthusiastic hug, usually friendly and especially between men ¹

2. Noun. in business, a hostile takeover effort in which one firm offers to buy the other firm at a share price too high to refuse ¹

3. Noun. in wrestling, a hold with the arms around the opponent ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bear Hug

bear-a-hand bear-whelp bear a hand bear away bear cat bear claw bear claws bear cub bear cubs bear down

bear down on bear down upon bear false witness bear fruit bear hug (current term) bear hugs bear in mind bear in with bear market bear markets

bear oak bear off bear off from bear on bear out bear paw bear pit bear pits bear spread

Literary usage of Bear hug

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Defense Without Damage: A Photo-Illustrated Guide to Low Liability Arrest by Robert Rail (1995)
"Release from bear hug, Arms Pinned Figure 6.12 - The bear hug can be a vicious maneuver and is ... Figure 6.12 - Beginning from a bear-hug position. ..."

2. Boy Life on the Prairie by Hamlin Garland (1899)
"He shrewdly refused to wrestle " bear hug," or " side- holt," but was quite ready ... At bear hug he could down any youth in his school, and none of the Sun ..."

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