take up arms
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Verb edit
take up arms (third-person singular simple present takes up arms, present participle taking up arms, simple past took up arms, past participle taken up arms)
- (transitive with against or for) Prepare to fight; to arm oneself.
- Antonym: lay down one's arms
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Further reading edit
- “take up arms”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “to take up arms”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “take up arms” (US) / “take up arms” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.