come close to blows



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come close to blows

To nearly devolve into a physical fight. Shopping on Black Friday can be so frenetic and crazy that many customers come close to blows with one another!
See also: blow, close, come

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
HonourAHN-ərEnglish (Rare)
Keith[ki:θ]
Maximiliaan-Dutch
Jiahao-Chinese
JennaJEN-ə (English), YEN-nah (Finnish)English, Finnish
Annelise-Danish