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arm to the teeth en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic, informal, intransitive, transitive) To equip thoroughly with weapons.
   • Both sides armed the Taiwan Strait to the teeth, turning it into one of Asia's most dangerous military flash points. 2009 May 25, Michael Schuman, “Building Bridges to China”, in Time:
   • There, on the ramparts of the forts, stood Nicholas Koorn, armed to the teeth, flourishing a brass-hilted sword. 1809, Washington Irving, chapter 33, in Knickerbocker's History of New York:
   • Who can murmur sweet nothings to his adored when two soldiers armed to the teeth have been instructed never to let him out of their sight? 1910, H. Rider Haggard, chapter 15, in Queen Sheba's Ring:

Forms

Deriveds

armed to the teeth

Relateds

loaded for bear

Translations (23)

he חימש עד הצוואר (to equip with weapons) · he חימש עד השיניים (to equip with weapons) · nl tot de tanden gewapend (to equip with weapons) · fr armer jusqu'aux dents (to equip with weapons) · sh naoružati do zuba (to equip with weapons) · cmn 武裝到牙齒 /武装到牙齿 (to equip with weapons) · ru вооружи́ть до зубо́в (to equip with weapons) · de bis an die Zähne bewaffnet sein (to equip with weapons) · he חימש מכף רגל ועד ראש (to equip with weapons) · el οπλίζω σαν αστακό (to equip with weapons) · fi aseistaa hampaisiin saakka (to equip with weapons) · nb væpnet til tennene (to equip with weapons) · pt armar até aos dentes (to equip with weapons) · ca anar armat fins a les dents (to equip with weapons) · pl uzbroić po zęby (to equip with weapons) · sh наоружати до зуба (to equip with weapons) · da bevæbnet til tændene (to equip with weapons) · sv beväpnad till tänderna (to equip with weapons) · he חימש עד האוזניים (to equip with weapons) · es armar hasta los dientes (to equip with weapons) · ro înarma până în dinți (to equip with weapons) · az təpədən dırnağa kimi silahlandırmaq (to equip with weapons) · pt armar até os dentes (to equip with weapons)