VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Come to blows

Meaning:

to have fight or an argument with someone.

Examples:

  • We are taking a real step forward and I hope that the parliamentary vote will not come to blows!
  • I am also convinced that, should we come to blows again, the Committee on Budgets will demonstrate the same staying powers.
  • Certainly, all summits are teamwork, but there are appalling examples of teamwork's having capsized and of people almost having come to blows.