call to arms
Rallying war cry
A call to arms is a summons to fight or take action.
Originally military—a signal for soldiers to gather and prepare for battle—it now applies to any urgent appeal for collective effort: The senator's speech was a call to arms for environmental activists.
The phrase implies the cause is serious enough to demand immediate response.
Phrase uniting supporters
- summonsFormal court notification
- pleaFormal request or defense
- exhortationUrgent persuasive appeal
- entreatyEarnest, urgent request
proclamation · petition · invocation · urging · incitement · battle cry · war cry · slogan
Organizing for action
- conscriptionMandatory military enrollment
- draftPreliminary version of text
- enlistmentVoluntary entry into service
- musterAssemble for inspection
levy · recruitment · deployment · assembly · activation · rallying · regiment · battalion
rallying cry
Phrase uniting supporters
- summonsFormal court notification
- pleaFormal request or defense
- exhortationUrgent persuasive appeal
entreaty · proclamation · petition · invocation · urging · incitement · battle cry · war cry · slogan · manifesto
mobilization
Organizing for action
- conscriptionMandatory military enrollment
- draftPreliminary version of text
- enlistmentVoluntary entry into service
muster · levy · recruitment · deployment · assembly · activation · rallying · regiment · battalion · brigade
- War Speechesdeclaration of war, war declaration, finest hour, never surrender, day of infamy
- combat idiomsstab in the back, dodge a bullet, in the crosshairs, fire away, take a shot
- calls to actionrallying cry, battle cry, war cry, appeal, exhortation
- battle criesbattle cry, charge, hooah, banzai, oorah
- incitementinciting, instigating, provoking, incitement, instigation
- warfarebattle, combat, attack, war, military strategy
call to armspeace treaty
Formal end to hostilities
ceasefire · armistice · peace accord · truce · peace agreement
call to armsdismissal
Removal from position
disbandment · demobilization · discharge · mustering out · decommissioning
call, arm, arms, recall, calling, armed, called, calls, disarm