"loaded for bear" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "An allusion to equipping oneself with the sort of heavy weaponry suitable for hunting large animals.",
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      "expansion": "loaded for bear (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1955, Edward Latimer Beach, chapter 6, in Run Silent, Run Deep",
          "text": "\"The whole Jap Navy,\" said Captain Sams, waving at a map of Japan on the wall behind him, \"has been steaming across the Pacific loaded for bear.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Thoroughly equipped, as for a demanding task or confrontation."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "Thoroughly",
          "thorough"
        ],
        [
          "equipped",
          "equipped"
        ],
        [
          "demanding",
          "demanding"
        ],
        [
          "task",
          "task"
        ],
        [
          "confrontation",
          "confrontation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) Thoroughly equipped, as for a demanding task or confrontation."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "word": "lock and load"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "word": "arm to the teeth"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "not-comparable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "thoroughly equipped",
          "word": "viimeisen päälle varustautunut"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "thoroughly equipped",
          "word": "auf alles vorbereitet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "thoroughly equipped",
          "word": "für alle Eventualitäten ausgerüstet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "89 11",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "thoroughly equipped",
          "word": "uzbrojony po zęby"
        }
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1917, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter 35, in Anne's House of Dreams",
          "text": "Every Elliott and Crawford and MacAllister is on the warpath, loaded for bear.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Mentally prepared for a daunting situation or confrontation."
      ],
      "id": "en-loaded_for_bear-en-adj-TAVJhW~M",
      "links": [
        [
          "Mentally",
          "mental"
        ],
        [
          "prepared",
          "prepared"
        ],
        [
          "daunting",
          "daunting"
        ],
        [
          "situation",
          "situation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) Mentally prepared for a daunting situation or confrontation."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
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  "word": "loaded for bear"
}

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    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncomparable adjectives"
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  "etymology_text": "An allusion to equipping oneself with the sort of heavy weaponry suitable for hunting large animals.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "loaded for bear (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "lock and load"
    },
    {
      "word": "arm to the teeth"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1955, Edward Latimer Beach, chapter 6, in Run Silent, Run Deep",
          "text": "\"The whole Jap Navy,\" said Captain Sams, waving at a map of Japan on the wall behind him, \"has been steaming across the Pacific loaded for bear.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Thoroughly equipped, as for a demanding task or confrontation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Thoroughly",
          "thorough"
        ],
        [
          "equipped",
          "equipped"
        ],
        [
          "demanding",
          "demanding"
        ],
        [
          "task",
          "task"
        ],
        [
          "confrontation",
          "confrontation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) Thoroughly equipped, as for a demanding task or confrontation."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "English idioms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1917, Lucy Maud Montgomery, chapter 35, in Anne's House of Dreams",
          "text": "Every Elliott and Crawford and MacAllister is on the warpath, loaded for bear.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Mentally prepared for a daunting situation or confrontation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Mentally",
          "mental"
        ],
        [
          "prepared",
          "prepared"
        ],
        [
          "daunting",
          "daunting"
        ],
        [
          "situation",
          "situation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) Mentally prepared for a daunting situation or confrontation."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "thoroughly equipped",
      "word": "viimeisen päälle varustautunut"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "thoroughly equipped",
      "word": "auf alles vorbereitet"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "thoroughly equipped",
      "word": "für alle Eventualitäten ausgerüstet"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "thoroughly equipped",
      "word": "uzbrojony po zęby"
    }
  ],
  "word": "loaded for bear"
}