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mob-handed

British  

adjective

  1. informal in or with a large group of people

    the police turned up mob-handed

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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East 17 were drinking in the bar and when they saw us arrive mob-handed, they fled to their rooms.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 14, 2020

The current group were signed under five different managers, to unconnected tactical plans, most recently by a mob-handed transfer committee with its own dimly conceived moneyball-style pretentions.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 18, 2016

The most illuminating part of José Mourinho's recent comparison of his record to that of previous Real Madrid managers was simply their mob-handed volume: Madrid have made 25 managerial changes during Ferguson's time at United.

From The Guardian ● May 10, 2013

In more recent times, the likes of Johnson and Cena have arrived not as tentative pioneers, but with a mob-handed back-up crew.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 2, 2010

Whether they're in a BBC studio recording a radio session or arriving mob-handed on to a concert stage, the project's predominant vibe of fraternal warmth is pervasive and infectious.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 12, 2010

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