Examples of 'took up arms' in a sentence
Meaning of "took up arms"
Took up arms means to engage in a conflict or fight, often by using weapons or joining a military force. It implies the act of arming oneself and actively participating in a battle, either out of necessity, self-defense, or as part of an organized group
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took up arms
We took up arms and drove them out.
There was war because men took up arms.
Actually took up arms in defence of the standards.
Certainly the ones who took up arms against us.
We took up arms to defend our right to be free.
Military and civilians took up arms demanding independence.
He took up arms in the name of a terrible.
No vote for all those who took up arms.
They took up arms to avenge their men.
Became desperate and took up arms.
Some even took up arms against them.
The reasons why the various groups took up arms.
We students took up arms and fought.
No limit to those who used physical force or took up arms.
Egilbert took up arms and seriously defeated him.
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He said they took up arms.
They took up arms against my army.
That is why you so valiantly took up arms to defend my honor.
They took up arms against their own government.
That is why you so valiantly took up arms to defend my honour.
He took up arms again and joined a demolition squad.
Both sides took up arms.
Men who took up arms were less and less familiar to us.
That is why you so vaIiantIy took up arms to defend my honor.
Who took up arms in retaliation.
French resistance took up arms.
He then took up arms to defend him.
He consequently took up arms.
Many women took up arms and went to war as well.
When the conflict broke out he and his sons took up arms.
The citizens took up arms to kick them out.
The nation of the north against the nation of the south took up arms.
Every generation took up arms against the oppressor.
Loyalist troops were accompanied by Peronist civilians who took up arms.
Yet your people took up arms to maintain its independence.
When Assad began killing protestors we took up arms against him.
Then he took up arms again.
The Mexican landowning peasant class in the rural west took up arms.
Sakay took up arms again.
It is my belief that the Companionsra only took up arms to defend themselves.
He took up arms himself.
He gathered an army about him and took up arms to defend himself.
They took up arms to defend themselves and became branded as terrorists.
A nation took up arms.
He took up arms against th.
Many of my cousins and uncles took up arms for one side or another.
Many took up arms and attacked national armies and government buildings.
So the day came that they took up arms against their oppressors.
You took up arms against a friend of your cause and thus tied my intentions.
Opposition supporters took up arms and the civil war erupted.
