Idiom
arm to the teeth
Meaning
To equip thoroughly with weapons.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The soldiers were armed to the teeth before the mission.”
“The bank robbers came armed to the teeth, carrying rifles and wearing bulletproof vests.”
“Fearing an imminent attack, the villagers armed themselves to the teeth with whatever weapons they could find — pitchforks, old hunting rifles, and sharpened tools.”
Examples
simple
“The soldiers were armed to the teeth before the mission.”
contextual
“The bank robbers came armed to the teeth, carrying rifles and wearing bulletproof vests.”
complex
“Fearing an imminent attack, the villagers armed themselves to the teeth with whatever weapons they could find — pitchforks, old hunting rifles, and sharpened tools.”
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