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The act of acquiring firearms to go to war with a rival Gang, Crew, Set etc.
Used often in the series "The Wire"

Drug Dealer: Look man, all I'm saying if I'm gonna take you're package, split me and be fair. I got to pay all my people the same, and here you're upping the price on me.

Marlo Stanfield: Pay you're people less.

Drug Dealer: They my people, though.

Marlo Stanfield: Then short yourself... Split is 60/40. If you want better? You need to Tool Up and wait for Chris, Snoop, and the rest of my people, come pay a call on you're people.

Snoop: We will be brief with all you motherfuckers, I think you know.

Drug Dealer: A'ight. (Drug dealers walks away to go tool up).
Tool Up by M I N N September 22, 2010
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In any physical work environment where workers wear tool belts and occasionally remove them, this phrase is a call to arms (or to re-arm).
OK boys, break's over. Tool up!
tool up by Chris Zizzo September 11, 2008
Related Words
grab your pistol; get your gun.
yo son get the heater, dem boyz comin
tool up by jgilla September 10, 2005
Word of the Day on August 14, 2006

tool up a doobie 

construct a marijuana cigarette
I had the weed, I had the papers, I had the time, I had the inclination, so I decided to tool up a doobie.

TOOL IT UP! 

The act of becoming "Tooled Up", in which the participator enters a semi-god status, and is invulnerable to fire, magic and all forms of physical pain. Tooling It Up is a very draining experience, and often the user must spend several hours recupriating after Tooling It Up.

To initiate the process of Tooling It Up, a person must raise his right fist above his head, and cry "TOOL IT UP!"

Warning: Do not Tool It Up unless you have eaten your breakfast, as it is a very draining experience
They were fighting a losing battle, until they cried "TOOL IT UP!" They then Tooled It Up and became demigods, which turned the tide of the battle
TOOL IT UP! by TIU4LIFE October 28, 2006
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Brent: he just tossed me a slop grenade
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