arms race

Origin

arms race

noun
competition between countries to achieve superiority in quantity and quality of military arms.

Origin:
1935–40
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arms race
 
n
the continuing competitive attempt by two or more nations each to have available to it more and more powerful weapons than the other(s)

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arms race
1936, from arms (see arm (2)) + race. First used in British Eng.
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