A confrontational slang phrase used as an aggressive invitation or challenge to fight. When someone says 'let's dance', they're not reaching for a partner on the dance floor — they're squaring up for a physical or verbal showdown. The phrase repurposes the cheerful social activity of dancing as a coded threat, which gives it a menacing irony. It's a staple of action movie tough-guy dialogue and is used in real life as a bravado-heavy way to escalate a confrontation.
The rival came strutting over and said, 'Let's dance, then' — and the whole bar went quiet.
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(slang) An invitation to fight.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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