American Dictionary
Definition arm in American English
arm
verb
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[transitive]
verb
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
/ɑrm/
Example
No government should be arming terrorists.
2
to provide yourself or other people with useful or impressive equipment, information, etc.
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an arm and a leg (phrase)
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arm in arm (phrase)
arm knit (verb)
arm knitting (noun)
arm vagina (noun)
arm’s-length (adjective)
arm-twisting (noun)
arm-wrestling (noun)
armography (noun)
as long as your arm (phrase)
at arm’s length (phrase)
cost an arm and a leg (phrase)
give your right arm () (phrase)
I would give for something (phrase)
press someone’s (phrase)
someone’s good etc. (phrase)
strong-arm (adjective)
strong-arm (verb)
the long arm of the law (phrase)
twist someone’s arm (phrase)