Idioms


The language peculiar to a people or to a district, community, or class


Idiom:
take up arms against (someone or something)

Meaning:
to get ready to fight or make war

Example:
The citizens of the small country were not willing to take up arms to change their government.


List of common idioms, their meanings and examples of their usage in sentences
An expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements or in its grammatically atypical use of words.
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