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What (who) is up in arms - definition


up in arms         
1944 FILM DIRECTED BY ELLIOTT NUGENT
Up in arms; Up in Arms (film)
1.
Stirring, bustling, at work, astir, up and doing.
2.
Alert, ready, on the alert, vigilant, prepared, wide awake, in readiness, booted and spurred, in harness.
3.
At daggers drawn.
up in arms         
1944 FILM DIRECTED BY ELLIOTT NUGENT
Up in arms; Up in Arms (film)
protesting vigorously.
up in arms         
1944 FILM DIRECTED BY ELLIOTT NUGENT
Up in arms; Up in Arms (film)
see arm
Examples of use of up in arms
1. Pensioners are up in arms about council tax rises.
2. Brigadier General (res.) Oded Tira was up in arms.
3. But once again ultraconservatives are up in arms.
4. Everybody in the village is up in arms over this.
5. One southern California legislator, Todd Spitzer, said: "His country should be up in arms.