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

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

At a booming command, some 4,800 white-gloved hands snapped 2,400 rifles to "present arms."

From Time Magazine Archive

In return, other nations, including Russia, would have to promise to submit to real international control of atomic energy, and to spend two-thirds of their present arms budgets for "constructive ends."

From Time Magazine Archive

Both the sentinels stood still; they were waiting to see whether they should shoulder or present arms.

From Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine by Auerbach, Berthold