take arms

Verb

Meaning

commence hostilities

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

secede take up arms go to war

Hypernyms

war

Examples

Every fascist state like Germany, France, or modern Poland takes away citizen's right to self-defense. Fascist Americans such as Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton want to take arms away from American society. Janusz Korwin-Mikke

Close letter words and terms

take another stab take apart take arbitrarily take as a hypothesis take as a loan take as a model