up in arms

[up in arms] {adj. phr.}

1. Equipped with guns or weapons and ready to fight.

* /All of the colonies were up in arms against the Redcoats./

Syn.: IN ARMS. 2. Very angry and wanting to fight.

* /Robert is up in arms because John said he was stupid./

* /The students were up in arms over the new rule against food in the dormitory./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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