Antonyms for take up arms
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : ahrm |
| Phonetic Transcription : É‘rm |
- agree
- aid
- allow
- approve
- be lazy
- ceasefire
- compliment
- comply
- cooperate
- decline
- decrease
- delight
- descend
- drop
- endorse
- fall
- give in
- give up
- go along
- harmonize
- join
- laud
- laze
- lessen
- lose
- lower
- make happy
- make peace
- obey
- please
- praise
- protect
- recede
- regress
- retreat
- sanction
- slump
- submit
- support
- surrender
- yield
Definition of take up arms
Origin :- "upper limb," Old English earm "arm," from Proto-Germanic *armaz (cf. Old Saxon, Danish, Swedish, Middle Dutch, German arm, Old Norse armr, Old Frisian erm), from PIE root *ar- "fit, join" (cf. Sanskrit irmah "arm," Armenian armukn "elbow," Old Prussian irmo "arm," Greek arthron "a joint," Latin armus "shoulder"). Arm of the sea was in Old English. Arm-twister "powerful persuader" is from 1938. Arm-wrestling is from 1899.
- They wenten arme in arme yfere Into the gardyn [Chaucer]
- As in rebel : verb refuse to obey
- As in revolt : verb rebel, rise up against
- As in rise : verb rebel
- As in war : verb fight, battle
- As in call to arms : verb invitation to combat
- We did not ask or desire that America should take up arms by our side.
- Extract from : « The Drama Of Three Hundred & Sixty-Five Days » by Hall Caine
- I will set out on my journey and will take up arms for my beloved.
- Extract from : « Legends of the Rhine » by Wilhelm Ruland
- They even went so far as to take up arms, in the hope of deposing him.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Mary Rose » by William H. G. Kingston
- But I pity the young who have to cast themselves off and take up arms.
- Extract from : « Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete » by George Meredith
- There he had no alternative open to him but to prepare to take up arms.
- Extract from : « Pabo, The Priest » by Sabine Baring-Gould
- Thus the whole nation can take up arms in defence of the country.
- Extract from : « Switzerland » by Frank Fox
- We do not take up arms for our nation alone, but for freedom in general.
- Extract from : « Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War » by Mr Jkai
- No virtue is so quick to take up arms as that of the middle classes.
- Extract from : « Kildares of Storm » by Eleanor Mercein Kelly
- He had to take up arms in her defense on this, the first night of his arrival.
- Extract from : « Robinetta » by Kate Douglas Wiggin
- If I were a man, why should I not take up arms to defend my religion?
- Extract from : « By What Authority? » by Robert Hugh Benson
Synonyms for take up arms
- arise
- attack
- attempt
- be insubordinate
- bid to combat
- bombard
- boycott
- break
- break with
- campaign against
- censure
- challenge
- clash
- combat
- come out against
- contend
- contest
- criticize
- defect
- defy
- denounce
- differ
- disagree
- disobey
- dissent
- drop out
- endeavor
- engage in combat
- fight
- gauntlet
- get out of line
- glove
- go to war
- insurrect
- kill
- make war
- make waves
- march against
- meet
- mobilize
- mount
- murder
- mutiny
- open hostilities
- oppose
- oppugn
- opt out
- overthrow
- overturn
- rally
- remonstrate
- renounce
- resist
- revolt
- riot
- rise up
- rock the boat
- run amok
- secede
- shell
- shoot
- strike
- strive
- struggle
- take on
- take the field against
- take up arms
- tug
- turn against
- upset
- wage war
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