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:

Name	Gender	Pronounced	Usage
&Aelig;Thelweard		-	Anglo-Saxon
ĽUbomÍR		-	Slovak
Lucilia		-	Ancient Roman
Alejandra		ah-le-KHAHN-drah	Spanish
Edmund		['edmənd]
Philbert		-	French (Rare)

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