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Idiom: Come To Blows

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To fight; to initiate physical conflict, especially subsequent to escalating tension or antagonism.

To degrade into a fight or physical conflict (in reference to an argument or to a situation of tension or antagonism).

Example: "They exchanged insults, without it coming to blows."

Example Sentences

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The coach intervened before the players could come to blows.

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