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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

Welcome to another mob-handed, obsessively planned, lovingly curated effort to bring you the Guardian and Observer’s World Cup coverage in every conceivable form, to your every conceivable screen.

From The Guardian • Jun. 14, 2018

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

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

This is something of a mob-handed outside broadcast feat in itself, surely unprecedented in its cross-platform fecundity.

From The Guardian • Jun. 23, 2010

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