GO TO WAR

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Commence hostilities

Synonyms:

go to war; take arms; take up arms

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "go to war" is one way to...):

war (make or wage war)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

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