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take arms

v. commence hostilities [syn: go to war, take up arms]

Usage examples of "take arms".

But because I have many times and grievously sinned against Thee, all creatures do justly take arms against me.

And they will fight only soldiers, not civilians, unless the civilians take arms against them.

Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune or to take arms against a sea of troubles and by opposing end them.

If they take arms for you, they will always be apart as they are now.

They shouted to their fellows to take arms and die courageously for the ancestral law, and created a considerable disturbance in the holy place.