put to the sword

Meaning

1. put sb to the sword

   to kill sb with a sword

In the movies · 8

• Put up your sword!Twelfth Night2012
• Put down your sword or he's dead.The Musketeer2001
• Put away your swords.Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas2003
• 'that the fiercest warriors put down their swords...Remember Me2010
• Put the sword away.V for Vendetta2006
• ...put your swords away for a second.Wedding Crashers2005
• You mean, you'll put down your rock and I'll put down my sword and we'll try and kill each other like civilized people?The Princess Bride1987
• Tell them to put away the swords and carry moneybags.Cleopatra1963

Learn it in full scenes

• Twelfth Night2012
  • Orsino's Speech on Music and Love
  • Viola Disguises Herself as a Man
  • Sir Andrew Boasts About Dancing
• V for Vendetta2006
  • V's Opening Monologue
  • V Introduces Himself to Evey
  • Sutler's Cabinet Spins the Explosion
• The Princess Bride1987
  • Battle of Wits
  • How Westley Became Roberts
  • Miracle Max and the Mostly Dead

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• turn swords into ploughshares
• cross swords
• be a double - edged sword
• the pen is mightier than the sword