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Definition of the day : « take up arms »

  • As in rebel : verb refuse to obey
  • As in revolt : verb rebel, rise up against
  • As in rise : verb rebel
  • As in war : verb fight, battle
  • As in call to arms : verb invitation to combat
Example sentences :
  • We did not ask or desire that America should take up arms by our side.
  • Extract from : « The Drama Of Three Hundred & Sixty-Five Days » by Hall Caine
  • I will set out on my journey and will take up arms for my beloved.
  • Extract from : « Legends of the Rhine » by Wilhelm Ruland
  • They even went so far as to take up arms, in the hope of deposing him.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Mary Rose » by William H. G. Kingston
  • But I pity the young who have to cast themselves off and take up arms.
  • Extract from : « Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete » by George Meredith
  • There he had no alternative open to him but to prepare to take up arms.
  • Extract from : « Pabo, The Priest » by Sabine Baring-Gould
  • Thus the whole nation can take up arms in defence of the country.
  • Extract from : « Switzerland » by Frank Fox
  • We do not take up arms for our nation alone, but for freedom in general.
  • Extract from : « Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War » by Mr Jkai
  • No virtue is so quick to take up arms as that of the middle classes.
  • Extract from : « Kildares of Storm » by Eleanor Mercein Kelly
  • He had to take up arms in her defense on this, the first night of his arrival.
  • Extract from : « Robinetta » by Kate Douglas Wiggin
  • If I were a man, why should I not take up arms to defend my religion?
  • Extract from : « By What Authority? » by Robert Hugh Benson