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take arms

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  1. go to war, take arms, take up armsverb

    commence hostilities

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  1. take arms

    To take arms generally refers to the act of preparing for a conflict or battle by equipping oneself with weapons. It is symbolic of getting ready to engage in a struggle or resistance, which could be physical, like in a war, or metaphorical, like in a fight against an injustice.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of take arms in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of take arms in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of take arms in a Sentence

  1. Yelena Nikulenko:

    It's very dangerous, this black-and-white perception, these children get information only from one side. They see that (government troops) shoot at us and that their fathers and brothers take arms and go to protect us.

  2. Thomas Jefferson:

    What country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms.

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