comrade in arms
noun phrase
: a person one fought with or worked together with to achieve something
He spoke fondly of his old comrades in arms.
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When Bates exposed the defection, Scott evaded the charge by an ad hominem attack on his former comrade in arms.
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Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2024
Even China, which has loaned Venezuela around $50 billion and which the chavistas once saw as a comrade in arms, has refused to bail out the government, leaving it to twist in the winds of its misguided and profligate policies.
—Christopher Sabatini, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2016
His comrade in arms beside him, hand on the butt of a weathered-looking M4 rifle, warned of Palestinians’ growing anger with their nominal rulers alongside their antipathy toward Israel.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
And in a Thursday interview with Henry Rodgers of The Daily Caller, the hard-right news site co-founded by Tucker Carlson, Trump did everything but declare Menendez his comrade in arms.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 29 Sep. 2023
Naturally, their former comrade in arms betrays them, and the rest of the film is their quest to rescue Kira and stop Sofina from performing an ancient ritual that would turn the good citizens of Neverwinter into her zombie slaves.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 31 Mar. 2023
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Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 18 July 2024
Even China, which has loaned Venezuela around $50 billion and which the chavistas once saw as a comrade in arms, has refused to bail out the government, leaving it to twist in the winds of its misguided and profligate policies.
—Christopher Sabatini, Foreign Affairs, 1 Nov. 2016
His comrade in arms beside him, hand on the butt of a weathered-looking M4 rifle, warned of Palestinians’ growing anger with their nominal rulers alongside their antipathy toward Israel.
—Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
And in a Thursday interview with Henry Rodgers of The Daily Caller, the hard-right news site co-founded by Tucker Carlson, Trump did everything but declare Menendez his comrade in arms.
—Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 29 Sep. 2023
Naturally, their former comrade in arms betrays them, and the rest of the film is their quest to rescue Kira and stop Sofina from performing an ancient ritual that would turn the good citizens of Neverwinter into her zombie slaves.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 31 Mar. 2023
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“Comrade in arms.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comrade%20in%20arms. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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