with both hands
prep_phrase1
Idiomatic Willingly; readily.
2
William Shakespeare, editing and notes by Brian Gibbons (2006), Measure For Measure, page 45: “Escalus calls on Lucio to help when 'Lodowick' seems to resist, and Lucio takes the opportunity with both hands for a physical assault.”
3
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see with, both, hands.
- Related terms
- with both feet