How to pronounce “come to blows”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• (idiomatic) To fight; to initiate physical conflict, especially subsequent to escalating tension or antagonism.
• (impersonal) To degrade into a fight or physical conflict (in reference to an argument or to a situation of tension or antagonism).

Practice Nearby Words

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