beat one's swords into ploughshares (English, verb)
expansion: beat one's swords into ploughshares (third-person singular simple present beats one's swords into ploughshares, present participle beating one's swords into ploughshares, simple past beat one's swords into ploughshares, past participle beaten one's swords into ploughshares or beat one's swords into ploughshares)
Senses:
glosses: To refrain from destructive military or paramilitary acts (war, terrorism, etc.) and put energy and resources to peaceful ends that would otherwise go to violence.
tags: idiomatic
qualifier: literal
glosses: To convert military technologies to peaceful civilian applications.
Forms:
form: beats one's swords into ploughshares
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: beating one's swords into ploughshares
tags: participle
present
form: beat one's swords into ploughshares
tags: past
form: beaten one's swords into ploughshares
tags: participle
past
form: beat one's swords into ploughshares
tags: participle
past
form: beat one's swords into plowshares
tags: alternative