locks and loads
Arms and prepares
Locks and loads is the third-person singular form of lock and load, a phrase from military weapons handling meaning to prepare a firearm for use.
By extension, it means to prepare for action or get ready for a challenge: She locks and loads every morning before her sales calls.
The phrase carries an aggressive, action-ready connotation.
- alertnessActive mental awareness
- actionProcess of doing
- battle stationsAssigned combat positions
- safety catchDevice preventing accidental firing
- safety offTrigger enabled state
ammunition · magazine · trigger · rifle · pistol · shotgun · gun range · caliber · determination · recoil · chamber · preparedness · mobilization · call to arms · resolve · anticipation · focus · armed
locks and loadsstands down
Voluntarily leaves a position
unloads · disarms · at ease · lays down arms · holsters
locks and loadsstands down
Voluntarily leaves a position
backs off · backs down · aborts · disengages · hesitates
locks and loadsstands down
Voluntarily leaves a position
at ease · relaxes · unwinds · chills out
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