What does overhug mean?
Overhug means (ambitransitive) To hug excessively or too much..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(ambitransitive) To hug excessively or too much..
There’ll be little campaigning on the hustings this season. For a politician who cherishes the connect, social distancing could be politically fatal; but for Biden, it could be a gift. He’ll have fewer chances to get carried away as he speaks, to overhug, to stick his foot in it (and he’s done quite a bit of that already).
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Overhug means (ambitransitive) To hug excessively or too much..
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There’ll be little campaigning on the hustings this season. For a politician who cherishes the connect, social distancing could be politically fatal; but for Biden, it could be a gift. He’ll have fewer chances to get carried away as he speaks, to overhug, to stick his foot in it (and he’s done quite a bit of that already).
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