go to war

English

Verb

go to war (third-person singular simple present goes to war, present participle going to war, simple past went to war, past participle 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.

Translations

enter armed conflict

• French: entrer en guerre
• German: in den Krieg ziehen
• Italian: entrare in guerra
• Romanian: merge la război, pleca la război
• Spanish: ir a la guerra
• Swedish: dra ut i krig