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Come and take Them

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The reply of Leonʹidas, King of Sparta, to the messengers sent by Xerxes to Thermopʹylæ. Xerxes said, “Go, and tell those madmen to deliver up their arms.” Leonidas replied, “Go, and tell Xerxes to come and take them.”

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Columbus of the Skies (The)
Column
Column at Boulogne
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Coma Berenices
Comazants
Comb
Comb the Cat (To)
Come and take Them
Come Ather (pron. ah-ther)
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