Idiom: Beat swords into ploughshares

Idiom Definitions for 'Beat swords into ploughshares'

If people beat swords into ploughshares, they spend money on humanitarian purposes rather than weapons. (The American English spelling is 'plowshares')

Category: War and conflict

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