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

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

It had certainly been made easier by the theological passage of arms, which brought out all her latent antagonism to the prejudiced young pietist.

From The Grandchildren of the Ghetto by Zangwill, Israel

The thaw had not yet set in, but it was coquetting with the frost, challenging it to a passage of arms, wherein either combatant might completely succumb.

From The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness

They all agreed, and so the matter dropped, not, however, before there had been a slight passage of arms between the carpenter and the cook.

From The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day by Clynton, Richard