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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

Hearts have tooled up for their first group-stage venture since 2004 with a recruitment drive that includes bringing Scotland striker Lawrence Shankland back from Belgium.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2022

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

From Slate Jun. 20, 2022

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

Don't I show up with a toothache and con old Tully into a day off at the dentist's to have the bridge-work tooled up.

From Bunker Bean by Wilson, Harry Leon

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