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- gloves are off
gloves are off
gloves are off
Fig. There is going to be a serious dispute. (As if boxers had removed their gloves in order to inflict more damage. See also take the gloves off.) Bob got mad and yelled, "Ok, the gloves are off!" and started cussing and pounding the table.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Perikles | | - | Ancient Greek |
| Kamen | | - | Bulgarian |
| Gosse | | GAWS (English) | English (Rare), Medieval French |
| Kristi | | KRIS-tee | English |
| MairÉAd | | - | Irish |
| Kunal | | - | Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi |