call to arms

See also: call-to-arms

English

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Noun

call to arms (plural calls to arms)

  1. An appeal to fight or to engage in conflict.
    • 2007, “Halo”, performed by Machine Head:
      This is a call to arms, will you stand beside me?
      This is our time to fight, no more compromising
  2. (figurative) An appeal to undertake a particular course of action or to support a specific cause; a call to action.

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