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
ŞEmsettİN-Turkish
Itumeleng-Southern African, Tswana
ArİF-Turkish, Azerbaijani
Reina (2)-Yiddish
TyTIEEnglish
RitaREE-tə (English), REE-tah (German)Italian, English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Hungarian, Spanish, Portuguese