ground arms
Put weapons down
Ground arms is a military command ordering soldiers to place their weapons on the ground, typically as part of drill ceremony or when surrendering.
The phrase appears in formal military contexts: At the command to ground arms, the squad laid their rifles at their feet.
By extension, it can mean to cease hostilities or stand down from conflict.
- military drillRegimented training exercises
- ceasefireAgreed halt to fighting
- call a truceFormally end conflict
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
- lay downEstablish or recline
weapons · truce · armistice · hold your fire · peace · wave white flag · white flag · capitulate · yield · holster · sheathe · stand down · halt · rifles · muskets · soldiers · battlefield · treaty
ground armstake aim
Direct toward target
present arms · shoulder arms · take up arms · bear arms · port arms
ground armstake up arms
Prepare to fight militarily
go to war · open fire · engage · mobilize · declare war
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