pick a fight

pick a fight (with someone)

and pick a quarrel (with someone)

to start a fight or argument with someone on purpose. Are you trying to pick a fight with me? Max intended to pick a quarrel with Lefty.

also pick fights (with somebody)

to intentionally start a fight or argument with someone When she was first in Congress, she foolishly picked a fight with a very powerful politician.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Marko	MAHR-ko (Finnish)	Ukrainian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Finnish, Basque
Nicholson	['nikəlsn]
Phoebus	-	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Terry	['teri]
Serdar	-	Turkish
Djamila	-	Arabic