In arms

Also found in: Idioms.

armed for war; in a state of hostility.

See also: Arms

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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Lewis becomes a congressman, but has to run an ultimately divisive campaign against his old comrade in arms, Julian Bond.

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