| 单词 | to tool up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto tool up f. intransitive. to tool up (figurative): to arm oneself. slang. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > arm [verb (intransitive)] armc1450 to tool up1959 1959 Times 7 Apr. 6/3 There seemed a general agreement that the fashion of carrying dangerous weapons was more widespread to-day than formerly. One read all too often about groups of young men ‘tooling up’ before setting off for a showdown with a rival gang. 1971 J. Mandelkau Buttons xiii. 142 We tooled up with pieces of wood and iron bars and hiked over towards their main camp. 1978 H. Wouk War & Remembrance xxi. 213 We might have closed the Mediterranean and forced England to her knees even while..we tooled up for our summer Caucasus thrust. < as lemmas |
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