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
Armitage['a:mitidʒ]
Yehochanan-Biblical Hebrew
Kaolin-English (Rare)
AllaAHL-lahRussian, Ukrainian
Nadica-Croatian, Serbian
GraysonGRAY-sənEnglish (Modern)