passage of arms
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Reported by Jay Branegan/Washington A disputed passage of arms Ronald Reagan's arms control negotiators face an immensely difficult task in trying to push their Soviet counterparts toward an agreement.
From Time Magazine Archive
To the lawyer there was nothing disturbing in such a passage of arms as this.
From The New Rector by Weyman, Stanley John
He had not forgotten a recent and somewhat fierce political passage of arms, and turned to go by her.
From The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)
Her passage of arms with des Ageaux had not tended to soften her feelings.
From The Abbess Of Vlaye by Weyman, Stanley J.
If there was to be a passage of arms, she was determined not to be taken at a disadvantage.
From My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis
