beat/turn swords into ploughshares
literaryto change to a peaceful way of life and spend money on peaceful things rather than weapons
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Stopping fighting
- armistice
- ceasefire
- demilitarize
- disengage
- fall
- fall back
- lay
- lay sth down
- pacify
- pullout
- surrender
- sword
- truce