come to blows
1come to blows — index fight (battle) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
2come to blows — ► come to blows start fighting after a disagreement. Main Entry: ↑blow …
3come to blows — phrasal : to carry a disagreement to the point of physical violence * * * come to blows (of people quarrelling) to start fighting • • • Main Entry: ↑blow * * * come to blows phrase if two people come to blows, they start hitting each other It… …
4come to blows — if two people come to blows, they start hitting each other It sounded as if they were about to come to blows …
5come to blows — If two or more people come to blows, they start to fight. The debate was so intense that the participants almost came to blows …
6come to blows — to have a fight or a serious argument with someone. Demonstrators nearly came to blows with the police during the march. It seems increasingly unlikely that the two countries will come to blows over this latest territorial dispute (often + over) …
7come to blows — verb To fight; to initiate physical conflict, especially subsequent to escalating tension or antagonism. Ill follow you, Floating Tom, into the Mingo camp, on such an arrnd, and will strive to do my duty, should we come to blows; though, never… …
8come to blows (over something) — come to ˈblows (over sth) idiom to start fighting because of sth • We almost came to blows over what colour the new carpet should be. Main entry: ↑blowidiom …
9come to blows — {v. phr.} To begin to fight. * /The two quarreling boys came to blows after school./ * /The two countries came to blows because one wanted to be independent from the other./ …
10come to blows — {v. phr.} To begin to fight. * /The two quarreling boys came to blows after school./ * /The two countries came to blows because one wanted to be independent from the other./ …
