tooled up

British

adjective

slang equipped with a weapon, esp a gun

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

From Reuters • Aug. 3, 2023

The bank's agriculture relationship managers were being tooled up with advice on how to reduce emissions down on the farm, she said.

From BBC • Jul. 27, 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

There is a certain crispness about the modelling when wrought from plastic clay, which is often wanting in work tooled up when the clay is hard.

From The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII: No. 356, October 23, 1886. by Various

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