take up the hatchet



take up the hatchet

To fight, especially in a violent manner. The feud has lasted for so long that neither family remembers why they took up the hatchet against the other.
See also: hatchet, take, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
KieloKEE-e-loFinnish
SisuSEE-sooFinnish
Rasul-Arabic
Abdollah-Persian
'Ali‘ah-LEE:Arabic
EvanEV-ən (English)Welsh, English