in arms

Idioms and Phrases

see babe in arms ; up in arms .

Example Sentences

Some of my comrades-in-arms got combat shock, not from the battle itself, but from the burial of the (Egyptian) soldiers.

From The Daily Beast

There are similarities between him and his former comrades-in-arms Abdelhakim Belhadj and Sami Mostefa al-Saadi.

From The Daily Beast

What the precise nature of this adopted "sonship-in-arms" may have been we are not able to say.

From Project Gutenberg

One she had led on to instant slaughter, and the other remained to look after his fallen brother-in-arms.

From Project Gutenberg

Somewhat more spruce was the arraying of our twin comrades-in-arms than we have seen it.

From Project Gutenberg

"Perhaps it will be another such as the attempt to capture our brother-in-arms Mr. Wildfoot," said Marcel.

From Project Gutenberg

The Major introduced him as the son of an old friend—comrade-in-arms, he said, if I remember.

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Related Words

• assertive
• bellicose
• belligerent
• militaristic
• vigorous
• warring