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to arms

to arms prepositional phrase: used to order an attack, a summons to war or battle.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Used to order an attack, a summons to war or battle.

Questions about to arms

What does to arms mean?
To arms means used to order an attack, a summons to war or battle.
What part of speech is to arms?
To arms is a prepositional phrase.

Words near to arms in the dictionary

  1. to and again
  2. to and fro
  3. to and froed
  4. to and froing
  5. to and fros
  6. to arms
  7. to be continued
  8. to be expected
  9. to be fair
  10. to be frank
  11. to be going on with

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