go to war

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go to war

verb goes to war · going to war · went to war · gone to war

  1. intransitive To enter into an armed conflict.
  2. 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.

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verb to enter armed conflict

Españolir a la guerra
Françaisentrer en guerre
Deutschin den Krieg ziehen
Italianoentrare in guerra
Românămerge la război, pleca la război
Русскийидти на войну idti na vojnu

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@misc{go_to_war_2026,
  title = {go to war},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/go%20to%20war},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}