"with both hands" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-with both hands.ogg [Australia]
  1. (idiomatic) Willingly; readily. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-with_both_hands-en-prep_phrase-DL9ak9fr
  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.” Translations (Translations): a manteniente (disused) (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-with_both_hands-en-prep_phrase-Ck-THqv- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 95 5 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 0 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 0 94 6 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 0 96 4
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see with, both, hands.
    Sense id: en-with_both_hands-en-prep_phrase-AXpZDOGI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: with both feet
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