go to war

English

Verb

go to war

(intransitive) To enter into an armed conflict.
(intransitive) (of a person) To depart, typically from one's home, to join an army at war.
At the age of nineteen, my grandfather went to war.

Translations

enter armed conflict

French: entrer en guerre
German: in den Krieg ziehen

Romanian: merge la război, pleca la război
Swedish: dra ut i krig

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