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arming to the teeth

arming to the teeth is the present participle and gerund of arm to the teeth.

Meaning of arm to the teeth

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

Questions about arming to the teeth

What is arming to the teeth the present participle and gerund of?
Arming to the teeth is the present participle and gerund of arm to the teeth.

Words near arming to the teeth in the dictionary

  1. arming press
  2. arming presses
  3. arming sword
  4. arming swords
  5. arming the lead
  6. arming to the teeth
  7. arming up
  8. armings
  9. Arminian
  10. Arminianism
  11. Arminianist

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