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French
Etymology
Compare Dutch op voet van oorlog.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /syʁ lə pje d(ə) ɡɛʁ/
Prepositional phrase
sur le pied de guerre
- on a war footing (in a state of preparedness for waging war; ready to go to war; ready to go into battle)
- Antonym: sur le pied de paix
- (figuratively) in fighting trim (in good preparation or condition; ready to confront a challenge)
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