comrade in arms
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of comrade in arms
First recorded in 1840–50
Example Sentences
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“His name escapes me,” he joked, continuing, “Sandy Bresler, my pal and comrade in arms!”
From Los Angeles Times
Neither does the film, which only briefly springs back to life whenever Snoop Dogg appears as Bud’s cool, cowboy-hat-wearing comrade in arms, Big John.
From Washington Post
Somewhere in the illusory world, a woman with short hair fights unsmiling men in suits and shades, a setup that mirrors the banging preliminaries in the original film and makes you ache for Carrie-Anne Moss’s Trinity, Neo’s comrade in arms.
From New York Times
But the white marble marker reads only, “Here rests in honored glory a comrade in arms known but to God.”
From New York Times
Between November 2019 and January 2020, 55 exhumations were conducted at the Manila cemetery, where some headstones read, “Here rests in honored glory a comrade in arms known but to God.”
From Washington Times
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