tooled up
Equipped with guns
Tooled up means equipped or prepared, originally with tools but now commonly with weapons.
British slang uses it especially for carrying guns or knives: The gang came tooled up for trouble.
In manufacturing, to tool up is to acquire the machinery needed for production: The factory tooled up for the new model year.
- preparedMade ready beforehand
- equippedSupplied with necessary items
- kitted outFully equipped, prepared
- fittedShaped to conform
- hammerTool for striking nails
rifle · body armor · pistol · ammunition · heavy artillery · geared up · locked and loaded · planning · wrench · grenade · screwdriver · armed · armed to the teeth · strategy · drill · saw · taser · knife
tooled upunarmed
Having no weapons
weaponless · defenceless · disarmed · without a weapon · unprotected
tooled upunequipped
Lacking necessary tools
unprepared · ill-equipped · under-resourced · empty-handed · underprepared
tooled updefenceless
Lacking any protection
vulnerable · exposed · non-threatening · peaceable · passive