"arm to the teeth" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-arm to the teeth.ogg Forms: arms to the teeth [present, singular, third-person], arming to the teeth [participle, present], armed to the teeth [participle, past], armed to the teeth [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} arm to the teeth (third-person singular simple present arms to the teeth, present participle arming to the teeth, simple past and past participle armed to the teeth)
  1. (idiomatic) To equip thoroughly with weapons. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: loaded for bear Translations (to equip with weapons): təpədən dırnağa kimi silahlandırmaq (Azerbaijani), anar armat fins a les dents (Catalan), 武裝到牙齒 (Chinese Mandarin), 武装到牙齿 (wǔzhuāng dào yáchǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), bevæbnet til tændene (Danish), tot de tanden gewapend (Dutch), aseistaa hampaisiin saakka (Finnish), armer jusqu’aux dents (French), bis an die Zähne bewaffnet sein (German), οπλίζω σαν αστακό (oplízo san astakó) (Greek), לחמש מכף רגל ועד ראש (Hebrew), לחמש עד האוזניים (Hebrew), לחמש עד השיניים (Hebrew), לחמש עד הצוואר (Hebrew), væpnet til tennene (Norwegian Bokmål), uzbroić po zęby (Polish), armar até os dentes (Portuguese), înarma până în dinți (Romanian), вооружи́ть до зубо́в (vooružítʹ do zubóv) [perfective] (Russian), наоружати до зуба [Cyrillic, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), naoružati do zuba [Roman, perfective] (Serbo-Croatian), armar hasta los dientes (Spanish), beväpnad till tänderna (Swedish)

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