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
Her passage of arms with des Ageaux had not tended to soften her feelings.
From The Abbess Of Vlaye by Weyman, Stanley J.
After our—what shall we call it?—little passage of arms?
From The Lady of the Mount by Isham, Frederic Stewart
With this brief passage of arms each sank back into his corner, and nothing more was said.
From Tony Butler by Lever, Charles James
Mrs. Armstrong understood her daughter's character more correctly than her husband, with all his boasted superiority of intellect, and therefore she dreaded a passage of arms between these two so near and dear to her.
From Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles by Paull, H. B.
