under arms

Ukraine, which has said it has about 1 million people under arms, has barred military-age men from going abroad.

"But the big question is about men who are under arms or who have fought against Azerbaijan - which is probably the majority of the Karabakh population."

It is carried home by millions each day under arms or strapped to the back of bicycles.

It prohibits selling weapons to nations that are under arms embargoes or will use them to commit genocide, terrorism, war crimes or attacks against civilians.

She once upset a Pentagon chief by asking why the military maintained more than 1 million men and women under arms if they never used them.