Teammates hugged each other.

Meaning: The members of the team showed their happiness by embracing each other.

Choice of Words: Teammates are members of the same team. Hugged means to embrace or hold someone closely. Each means every one of two or more people or things considered individually. Other means not the one being spoken about or referred to.

Alternative Expressions

The players embraced one another.

Meaning: This means that the people who are playing the game put their arms around each other and held each other close in a loving or caring way.

Choice of Words: Players are people who play a game or sport. Embraced is a more formal word for hugged, and it means to hold someone close to you in a loving or caring way. One another means that each person in the group embraced another person in the group.

The athletes gave each other a big hug.

Meaning: This means that the people who are participating in the sport offered or presented a big hug to another person in the group.

Choice of Words: Athletes are people who participate in sports. Gave is a verb that means to offer or present something to someone. Each other means that each person in the group gave a hug to another person in the group.

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