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Meaning of port arms | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The position of a weapon carried diagonally in front of the body.

uncountable

Equivalents

Bahasa Indonesia depan senjata
한국어 앞에총
Русский на грудь
Tagalog agap sandata

Examples

“I think we have to bear in mind that he'd been wrestled with, shot at, been in a wild chase, and now he's being confronted with a person carrying an automatic weapon at port arms.”
“At last the battery cover snapped down. Howard strode briskly back through the living room with the hedge-clippers held at port arms.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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