open arms

plural noun

Synonyms of open armsnext
: an eager or warm welcome
greeted them with open arms

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Kansas City has welcomed the world with open arms. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 22 June 2026 Democrats' left flank said the party's latest nominees should be welcomed with open arms. — ABC News, 25 June 2026 The push to build data centers across the country to meet the enormous demand to run AI workloads has not been met everywhere with open arms. — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 23 June 2026 The fact that Bill Lawrence, the producers, the writers, the directors, and the entire cast and crew welcomed me with open arms on a show as spectacular as this. — Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for open arms

Word History

First Known Use

1670, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of open arms was in 1670

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open arms

plural noun
: an eager or warm welcome
greeted us with open arms

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