"take up arms" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: takes up arms [present, singular, third-person], taking up arms [participle, present], took up arms [past], taken up arms [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,took,taken>}} 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)
  1. (intransitive) To prepare to fight; to arm oneself. [with against or for] Tags: intransitive Translations (Translations): tarttua aseisiin (Finnish), prendre les armes (French), hāpai pū (Māori), سلاحلانمق (silâhlanmak) (Ottoman Turkish), бра́ться за ору́жие (brátʹsja za orúžije) (Russian), взя́ться за ору́жие (vzjátʹsja za orúžije) (Russian), silahlanmak (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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