take up arms
1take up arms — index fight (battle), rebel Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2take up arms — verb commence hostilities (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑go to war, ↑take arms • Hypernyms: ↑war • Verb Frames: Somebody s Somebody s PP …
3take up arms — {v. phr.}, {literary}. To get ready to fight; fight or make war. * /The people were quick to take up arms to defend their freedom./ * /The President called on people to take up arms against poverty./ Contrast: LAY DOWN ONE S ARMS …
4take up arms — {v. phr.}, {literary}. To get ready to fight; fight or make war. * /The people were quick to take up arms to defend their freedom./ * /The President called on people to take up arms against poverty./ Contrast: LAY DOWN ONE S ARMS …
5take\ up\ arms — v. phr. literary. To get ready to fight; fight or make war. The people were quick to take up arms to defend their freedom. The President called on people to take up arms against poverty. Contrast: lay down one s arms …
6take up arms — get ready to fight or make war The citizens were not willing to take up arms to try and change their government. браться, взяться за оружие When the Germans invaded Belgium, the Belgians immediately took uр arms against them …
7take up arms (against somebody) — take up arms (against sb) idiom (formal) to prepare to fight • He encouraged his supporters to take up arms against the state. Main entry: ↑armsidiom …
8take up arms — to fight with weapons against an enemy. They took up arms only after other means of resolving their differences failed …
9take up arms — to begin fighting with weapons Minority tribes took up arms against the new government …
10To take up arms — Take Take, v. t. [imp. {Took} (t[oo^]k); p. p. {Taken} (t[=a]k n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Taking}.] [Icel. taka; akin to Sw. taga, Dan. tage, Goth. t[=e]kan to touch; of uncertain origin.] 1. In an active sense; To lay hold of; to seize with the hands …
