present arms
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“I gave the command to present arms, and we raised our sabers for Kennedy to walk under, like a tunnel,” Broadus said.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 25, 2013
Although no parade had been scheduled, seven military bands and guards of honor at "present arms" flanked the four-mile route.
From Time Magazine Archive
One senior Bonn diplomat called the timing of Rust's flight particularly unfortunate "against the background of the present arms discussions and everything else at stake in the world at the moment."
From Time Magazine Archive
Soldiers in black dress uniform snapped to present arms.
From Time Magazine Archive
The present arms of Florence, so familiar all over the city, are a red fleur-de-lys with two sprays on a white ground.
From Cathedral Cities of Italy by William Wiehe Collins
