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arm to the teeth

arm to the teeth verb: to equip thoroughly with weapons.

Verb

arm to the teeth (third-person singular simple present arms to the teeth, present participle arming to the teeth, simple past and past participle armed to the teeth)

  1. (idiomatic, informal, intransitive, transitive) To equip thoroughly with weapons.
    • There, on the ramparts of the forts, stood Nicholas Koorn, armed to the teeth, flourishing a brass-hilted sword.1809, Washington Irving, chapter 33, in Knickerbocker's History of New York
    • Who can murmur sweet nothings to his adored when two soldiers armed to the teeth have been instructed never to let him out of their sight?1910, H. Rider Haggard, chapter 15, in Queen Sheba's Ring

arm to the teeth meaning in Bengali

arm to the teeth in Bengali

পুরোপুরি অস্ত্রশস্ত্রে সজ্জিত করা

Forms of arm to the teeth

third-person singular presentarms to the teeth
present participlearming to the teeth
past participlearmed to the teeth
pastarmed to the teeth

Words formed from arm to the teeth

Questions about arm to the teeth

What does arm to the teeth mean?
Arm to the teeth means to equip thoroughly with weapons.
What is arm to the teeth in Bengali?
Arm to the teeth in Bengali is পুরোপুরি অস্ত্রশস্ত্রে সজ্জিত করা. See Arm to the teeth meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is arm to the teeth?
Arm to the teeth is a verb.
What is the past tense of arm to the teeth?
The past tense of arm to the teeth is armed to the teeth.

Words near arm to the teeth in the dictionary

  1. arm rests
  2. Arm River
  3. arm span
  4. arm spans
  5. arm the lead
  6. arm to the teeth
  7. arm twist
  8. arm twisted
  9. arm twister
  10. arm twisters
  11. arm twisting

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