Usually means: Angry and ready to protest.
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  1. up in arms: Merriam-Webster
  2. up in arms: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. up in arms: Collins English Dictionary
  4. up in arms: Wiktionary
  5. up in arms: Dictionary.com
  6. Up in Arms: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. up in arms: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. up in arms: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary

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  1. up in arms: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (up in arms)

adjective:  (figuratively) Angry; incensed; preparing for a fight.
adjective:  (literal, now uncommon) Armed for battle; prepared for or engaged in warfare.

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