Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wrap one's arms around

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English

Syllables: wrap one's arm-s around
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of get one's arms around.

Transitive verb

verb

To support (a person, etc), usually in a difficult time.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"The cost of capital is a "big" calculation. Many students have trouble wrapping their arms around it. It's therefore important to develop the whole idea before getting lost in the calculations."
"Everyone on the production side thought it was great, but marketing couldn't wrap their arms around it."
"The yet unnamed programmable game system project needed someone who could wrap their arms around it and champion it at the Atari Consumer offices down on Division Street in Campbell, California and Joe was also the perfect candidate for that."
"2018 Lions will 'wrap arms around Rayner': Fagan Brisbane Lions, 4 August 2018. Accessed 6 August 2018. "Chris Fagan said the Brisbane Lions would wrap their arms around Cam Rayner after the No.1 draft pick missed a golden chance to steal victory in the dying seconds against North Melbourne.""

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

wraps one's arms around (present, singular) wrapping one's arms around (participle, present) wrapped one's arms around (participle, past) wrapped one's arms around (past)

Questions

What does wrap one's arms around mean?: Alternative form of get one's arms around.

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