passage of arms

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Reported by Jay Branegan/Washington A disputed passage of arms Ronald Reagan's arms control negotiators face an immensely difficult task in trying to push their Soviet counterparts toward an agreement.

From Time Magazine Archive

He marvelled, though, in his slow brain, as it wandered round the knotty subject, over the passage of arms betwixt the ladies; their covert menace; the oath the little lad was made to swear.

From My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union by Wingfield, Lewis

And Tennyson—what a fierce passage of arms that was long ago between Bulwer and him; and now what cordial mutual admiration!

From Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches by McCarthy, Justin

Then there had been a rather brisk passage of arms between them on the subject of Caroline's money.

From Capricious Caroline by Rowlands, Effie Adelaide

The old tournaments were sham fights, fine scenic representations, in which the costume and the dramatic show were of more importance than the passage of arms itself.

From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. I. by Freytag, Gustav