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arm up

arm up verb: to supply, or be supplied with, arms (weapons).

Verb

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

  1. (ambitransitive, idiomatic) to supply, or be supplied with, arms (weapons)

Forms of arm up

third-person singular presentarms up
present participlearming up
past participlearmed up
pastarmed up

Questions about arm up

What does arm up mean?
Arm up means to supply, or be supplied with, arms (weapons).
What part of speech is arm up?
Arm up is a verb.
What is the past tense of arm up?
The past tense of arm up is armed up.

Words near arm up in the dictionary

  1. arm twister
  2. arm twisters
  3. arm twisting
  4. arm twistings
  5. arm twists
  6. arm up
  7. arm wrestle
  8. arm wrestled
  9. arm wrestler
  10. arm wrestlers
  11. arm wrestles

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