up in arms

phrase

: aroused and ready to undertake a fight or conflict

Examples of up in arms in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Across the country, people have been up in arms about the increasing ubiquity of AI data centers, but now a proposal to build a massive AI plant just steps from the Nashville Zoo has brought the subject of animal rights into the fray. — Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 16 July 2026

And everybody is incredibly up in arms with what the administration has done here. — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 16 July 2026

But one proposal to bring new technology to fairground sites has the small Napa County town of Calistoga up in arms. — John Ramos, CBS News, 30 June 2026

Rhymes for up in arms

• firearms
• alarms
• disarms
• forearms
• gendarmes
• charms
• farms
• harms