Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

took up arms

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.73 in modern English

Syllables
took up arms
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past of take up arms

Questions

What does took up arms mean?
simple past of take up arms

How to pronounce took up arms

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