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- [teyk uhp ahrm]
- /teɪk ʌp ɑrm/
- /teɪk ʌp ɑːmz/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [teyk uhp ahrm]
- /teɪk ʌp ɑrm/
Definitions of take up arms words
- noun take up arms Usually, arms. weapons, especially firearms. 1
- noun take up arms arms, Heraldry. the escutcheon, with its divisions, charges, and tinctures, and the other components forming an achievement that symbolizes and is reserved for a person, family, or corporate body; armorial bearings; coat of arms. 1
- verb without object take up arms to enter into a state of hostility or of readiness for war. 1
- verb with object take up arms to equip with weapons: to arm the troops. 1
- verb with object take up arms to activate (a fuze) so that it will explode the charge at the time desired. 1
- verb with object take up arms to cover protectively. 1
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Origin of take up arms
First appearance:
before 1200 One of the 9% oldest English words
1200-50 for v.; 1300-50 for noun; (v.) Middle English armen < Anglo-French, Old French armer < Latin armāre to arm, verbal derivative of arma (plural) tools, weapons (not akin to arm1); (noun) Middle English armes (plural) ≪ Latin arma, as above
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Parts of speech for Take up arms
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
take up arms popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for take up arms
verb take up arms
- call to arms — a command to report for active military duty.
- make waves — a disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, as the sea or a lake, in the form of a moving ridge or swell.
- gauntlet — a former punishment, chiefly military, in which the offender was made to run between two rows of men who struck at him with switches or weapons as he passed.
- gauntleted — Adorned with one or more gauntlets.
- glove — a covering for the hand made with a separate sheath for each finger and for the thumb.
Antonyms for take up arms
verb take up arms
- ceasefire — A ceasefire is an arrangement in which countries or groups of people that are fighting each other agree to stop fighting.
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