open arms, with

with open arms

Very happily and eagerly. My brother's coming home soon, and I can't wait to greet him with open arms. The controversial policy has been rescinded, and many people are welcoming the news with open arms.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

with open arms

Enthusiastically, warmly, as in They received their new daughter-in-law with open arms. This term alludes to an embrace. [Mid-1600s]
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

with open arms

with great affection or enthusiasm.
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Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

with ˌopen ˈarms

if you welcome somebody with open arms, you are extremely happy and pleased to see them: Don’t expect her to welcome you with open arms. She’s still very angry with you. OPPOSITE: give somebody/get the cold shoulder
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Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

with open arms

With great cordiality and hospitality.
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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

open arms, with

Extremely welcoming, very cordial. This term was used by Erasmus in the sixteenth century (in Latin). In English it appears from the seventeenth century on. Alexander Pope used it in his Epistle to Arbuthnot (1735): “With open arms received one Poet more.”
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The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
See also:
  • with open arms
  • on (someone's or something's) dime
  • leave (someone or something) out of (something)
  • leave out of
  • leavings
  • buy into
  • buy into (something)
  • of the moment
  • have (got) it over (someone or something)
  • have it over