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lay down arms |
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lay down one's arms Fig. to put one's gun, sword, club, etc., down; to stop fighting; to surrender. The prisoners were instructed to lay down their arms. The soldiers laid down their arms and surrendered. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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I was the last rebel to sign the treaty, the last outlaw to lay down arms. In an internal armed conflict, the main aim of actions by subunits consists in forcing irregular armed units to lay down arms and in ensuring performance by the law enforcement bodies of their tasks of normalizing the situation in a conflict area. 36) cannot lay down arms in Muslim populated Kashmir, even temporarily, for no reason. |
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