take up arms against Idiom

take up arms against

Idiom(s): take up arms (against sb or sth)

Theme: PREPARATION

to prepare to fight against someone or something.
• Everyone in the town took up arms against the enemy.
• They were all so angry that the leader convinced them to take up arms.

take up accoutrements (against addition or something)

To adapt for or appoint in a concrete battle (by arming oneself) adjoin addition or something. People from beyond the country are demography up accoutrements adjoin the dictatorship. I'm a peaceful person, but if war comes aloft us, I will not alternate to booty up arms.Learn more: arm, someone, take, up

take up accoutrements (against addition or something)

to adapt to action adjoin addition or something. Everyone in the boondocks took up accoutrements adjoin the enemy. They were all so affronted that the baton assertive them to booty up arms.Learn more: arm, take, up

take up arms

Also, take up the cudgels. Become complex in a conflict, either concrete or verbal, as in The Kurds took up accoutrements adjoin the Iranians at atomic two centuries ago, or Some accept it's the vice-president's job to booty up the cudgels for the president. The aboriginal appellation originated in the 1400s in the faculty of activity to war. The variant, alluding to cudgels as weapons, has been acclimated figuratively back the mid-1600s and is apparently obsolescent. Learn more: arm, take, up

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take up arms against Idiom