drop the gloves
(Canada, and, US, ice hockey, idiomatic) To fight.
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(Canada, and, US, ice hockey, idiomatic) To fight.
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(Canada, and, US, idiomatic, by extension) To remove a prior impediment to action; to prepare for or engage in a dispute.
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