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Meanings of go to war in English

Spanish
tomar las armas

Commence hostilities.

        tomar las armas
        Usage of go to war in English
        1
        There was the decision to go to war with Iran, for example.
        The Guardian
        2
        Findings: Small nations are more likely to go to war than big-leaguers.
        Wired
        3
        Sometimes nations need to go to war, and there are just wars.
        The Guardian
        4
        It now seems inevitable the US will go to war with Iraq.
        The Irish Times
        5
        The people believe you because they are eager to go to war.
        Bones of the Dragon
        6
        But then he wanted to go to war and I didn't know.
        A Farewell to Arms
        7
        AUSTRALIA's two shiny new F-35 Strike Fighters may never go to war.
        News.com.au
        8
        Who told us we should go to war in the first place?
        World war z: an oral history of the zombie war
        9
        As they say, you go to war with the army you have.
        The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest ...
        10
        But analysts doubt the readiness of oil-producing Azerbaijan to go to war.
        Reuters
        11
        I want you to leave me here when you go to war.
        Bones of the Dragon
        12
        It can't win with them, but can't go to war without them.
        Wired
        13
        She is in no position to go to war with any one.
        The Double Traitor
        14
        Russia was ready to go to war with her great neighbour, Austria.
        The Prince of Graustark
        15
        The French dare not go to war for fear of a Republic.
        A Political Diary, 1828-1830, Volume II
        16
        The people of Virginia were not very anxious to go to war.
        Four Great Americans: Washington, Franklin, Webster, Lincoln / A...
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