- pick a fight/quarrel
- pick a fight/quarrel: to deliberately start a fight with someone
Never pick a fight you can't win.
She sometimes picked fights with other girls at school.
• • •Main Entry: ↑pick
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
pick a fight/quarrel
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pick a fight with someone — pick a fight/quarrel/with someone phrase to start a fight or argument with someone He seemed determined to pick a fight with everyone at work that day. Thesaurus: to arguehyponym arguments and arguingsynonym … Useful english dictionary
pick a fight (with somebody) — pick a ˈfight/ˈquarrel (with sb) idiom to deliberately start a fight or an argument with sb • He had drunk too much and was ready to pick a fight with anyone who crossed his path. Main entry: ↑pickidiom … Useful english dictionary
pick a fight — (or quarrel) talk or behave in such a way as to provoke an argument or fight … Useful english dictionary
pick a fight — Someone who picks a fight deliberately looks for an opportunity to start a quarrel or begin an argument. Our new neighbour seizes every occasion to pick a fight … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
pick a fight — See: PICK A QUARREL … Dictionary of American idioms
pick a fight — See: PICK A QUARREL … Dictionary of American idioms
pick\ a\ fight — See: pick a quarrel … Словарь американских идиом
pick a quarrel with someone — pick a fight/quarrel/with someone phrase to start a fight or argument with someone He seemed determined to pick a fight with everyone at work that day. Thesaurus: to arguehyponym arguments and arguingsynonym … Useful english dictionary
pick a quarrel (with somebody) — pick a ˈfight/ˈquarrel (with sb) idiom to deliberately start a fight or an argument with sb • He had drunk too much and was ready to pick a fight with anyone who crossed his path. Main entry: ↑pickidiom … Useful english dictionary
pick — I UK [pɪk] / US verb [transitive] Word forms pick : present tense I/you/we/they pick he/she/it picks present participle picking past tense picked past participle picked *** 1) a) to choose someone or something from a group Out of all the girls he … English dictionary
