call to arms

English

Noun

call to arms (plural calls to arms)

1. An appeal to fight or to engage in conflict.
   • 2007, “Halo”, performed by Machine Head:

     This is a call to arms, will you stand beside me?
     This is our time to fight, no more compromising

2. (figurative) An appeal to undertake a particular course of action or to support a specific cause; a call to action.

Translations

appeal to undertake a course of action

Chinese: Mandarin: 號召 / 号召 (zh) (hàozhào) Dutch: wapenkreet (nl) m Finnish: taistelukutsu French: appel aux armes (fr) Latin: vocatio ad arma n pl Portuguese: apelo às armas m Russian: призы́в к ору́жию m (prizýv k orúžiju) Spanish: llamada a las armas f