a call to arms

A strong command or inducement for action, especially among a particular group of people. The actress used the event as a call to arms for women in the film industry to demand equal pay and representation.

a call to arms

a call to make ready for confrontation.

词组	a call to arms
释义	a call to arms a call to arms A strong command or inducement for action, especially among a particular group of people. The actress used the event as a call to arms for women in the film industry to demand equal pay and representation. See also: arm, call Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. a call to arms a call to make ready for confrontation. See also: arm, call Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary See also: said condemn (someone or something) for (something) condemn for be at (one's) command be at somebody's command stand-out athlete be a (something) in the making crisis in the making
随便看	out of harm's way out of hock out of house and home out of humor out of humour out of/in the limelight out of it out of joint out of keeping out of keeping with (something) out of key out of kilter out of kilter/whack out of left field out of line out of luck out of mind out of necessity out of nowhere out of/off your head out of one's out of (one's) box out of (one's) brain out of (one's) cotton-picking mind out of (one's) depth