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up in arms



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Idioms and Phrases

Angry, rebellious, as in The town was up in arms over the state's plan to allow commercial flights at the air base . This idiom originally referred to an armed rebellion and was so used from the late 1500s. Its figurative use dates from about 1700.
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Example Sentences

When Pearlman tried to rationalize the conservative leanings of his neighbors — “I think my neighbor is upset about his taxes. I don’t think he’s upset about a Black family here” — I retorted that his neighbor would be up in arms if it was a Mexican family, and he conceded the point.

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Then, die-hard fans got up in arms about Zegler’s comments that the story would be updated for modern times, putting less emphasis on Snow White’s dreams of Prince Charming.

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President Donald Trump mocked federal workers who were up in arms about Elon Musk's recent moves to reduce the federal workforce on Sunday, posting an edited screenshot from an episode of "SpongeBob SquarePants" to Truth Social.

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They need Americans to stay addicted to disinformation — because if the public knew what was really going on, they'd be up in arms.

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"The Greenland PM may be up in arms now, but in the event that he actually calls a referendum, he will need some kind of convincing narrative about how to save the Greenland economy and welfare system," Ulrik Gad, a senior researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies, told the BBC.

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