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tooled up

British  

adjective

  1. slang equipped with a weapon, esp a gun

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Ukraine's factories have tooled up to make equipment to help keep the sappers safer.

From Reuters Aug. 3, 2023

“We had already tooled up the lid,” he said, absently pushing the spinner’s button and watching it whir.

From Slate Jun. 20, 2022

But if the government is now tooled up to save every email and phone call, what untold biographical riches is it storing up?

From The Guardian Jul. 3, 2013

And once that product is designed, it’s tested with focus groups, manufacturing is tooled up, and 100,000 or a million products are made and brought to market.

From Forbes Aug. 8, 2012

So they did, and presently the four-seated wagon with its four horses and capable driver tooled up to the entrance and the party entered it.

From Dorothy's Travels by Schneider, S.

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