with the gloves off

With or ready to dispense rough treatment, as in Prepared to oppose the council, the mayor marched into the meeting with the gloves off . This idiom alludes to old-style boxing, when gloves were not used. [Early 1800s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Almog	-	Hebrew
Ferran	-	Catalan
Momchil	-	Bulgarian
Archelaos	-	Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek
Nokomis	-	New World Mythology
Nikita (2)	-	Indian, Marathi, Hindi