fold somebody in your arms

fold (someone) in (one's) arms

To hug or embrace someone. I started to feel better as soon as my mom folded me in her arms. I folded my son in my arms and rocked him until she stopped crying. The heaviness I'd felt in my boyfriend's absence lifted as soon as he folded me in his arms.

See also: arm, fold

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fold somebody in your ˈarms

(literary) put your arms around somebody and hold them against your body: When he saw how upset she was, he folded her in his arms.

See also: arm, fold, somebody

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