take up arms

== English == === Verb === 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) (intransitive) To prepare to fight; to arm oneself. [with against or for] Antonym: lay down one's arms ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “take up arms”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “to take up arms”, in Collins English Dictionary. “take up arms” (US) / “take up arms” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.